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单词 headlong
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headlongv.

Brit. /ˈhɛdlɒŋ/, U.S. /ˈhɛdˌlɔŋ/, /ˈhɛdˌlɑŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: headlong adv.
Etymology: < headlong adv.
1. transitive. To cast (a person) down; to thrust or bring into an undesirable state or condition. Also: to cause to hasten or hurry. Obsolete.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > descend [verb (transitive)] > cast headlong
headlongc1595
c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme lxii. 11 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 69 To headlong him their thoughtes deuise.
1626 H. Sydenham Natures Overthrow i. 10 That place from which he was headlong'd.
?1630 T. Adams Wks. 1094 Our owne sinfull ignorance, that headlongs vs to confusion.
1657 J. Trapp Comm. Ezra (Esther viii. 14) 177 Being..frighted and headlonged, by a solicitous celerity, hasting and hurrying for life, as we say.
2. intransitive. To fall, plunge, rush, etc., headlong.
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1654 J. Trapp Comm. Esther vi. 14 [They] hurried and headlonged in a turbulent manner.
1897 A. Austin Conversion of Winckelmann 105 She, writhing in her ruin, rolled, and reared, Then headlonged unto doom.
1915 L. H. Bailey Outlook to Nature i. 1 Trolley-cars rushed by, clanging and grinding as they headlonged into the side streets.
2005 P. Neate City of Tiny Lights iv. 39 His opponent hit a concrete bollard, headlonged through the windscreen and landed faceless on the tarmac.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

headlongadv.adj.

Brit. /ˈhɛdlɒŋ/, U.S. /ˈhɛdˌlɔŋ/, /ˈhɛdˌlɑŋ/
Forms: Middle English–1500s hedlonge, Middle English–1600s hedlong, 1500s headelong, 1500s headlonge, 1500s hedelonge, 1500s heedlong, 1500s heedlonge, 1500s– headlong; also Scottish pre-1700 hiedlang.
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: headling n.
Etymology: Alteration of headling n., after -long suffix.
A. adv.
1.
a. With reference to falling or downward motion: with the head going first or in front of the body.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [adverb] > with a plunge > headlong
divelingc1225
headlonga1382
headlingc1384
headlingsa1398
headlongsc1540
headstoopsc1540
headlong-wise1573
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1961) Judges v. 22 Clees of horse fullyn hem fleynge wiþ feerse, & by hedlong [Douce 370 heuedlynge; a1425 L.V. felden heedli; L. per praeceps] fallynge þe most stronge men of Enemyes.
1483 tr. Adam of Eynsham Reuelation xli Oftyn times he fylle down hedlong.
1540 R. Jonas tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. f. xxv When the one [birth] commeth hedlonge, the other fotewyse.
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. iv. 32 To cast a man hedlong into the ryver.
1594 T. Blundeville Exercises iii. i. xxiv. f. 158 Capricornus..riseth right vp, and goeth downe headlong.
1658 J. Jones tr. Ovid Invective against Ibis 36 Achæus whom his subjects took And hang'd him headlong in the golden brook.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 46 Hurld headlong..With hideous ruine and combustion down To bottomless perdition. View more context for this quotation
1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey II. viii. 556 To plunge it headlong in the whelming wave.
1791 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse §254 (note) The boat took a sudden yaw or sheer, which canted me overboard, head-long into the sea.
1803 W. S. Rose tr. Amadis de Gaule 128 Deep in a roaring stream, she headlong sprung.
1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid v, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 229 Headlong into the waters the laggard helmsman he threw.
1928 N. Shepherd Quarry Wood xvi. 245 Madge, carrying her bundle in the half-light, had slipped on the ice and fallen headlong.
1970 B. Turner Another Little Death iv. 31 I..booted him in the backside to land headlong at her feet.
2004 Wanderlust June 18/3 Ever considered grabbing a bodyboard and hurling yourself headlong down a whitewater river?
b. With reference to forward motion: at breakneck speed; with great impetus or force.
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the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [adverb] > headlong
swireforthc825
a-randounc1380
headlya1425
headlongsc1540
eavelong1567
headlong1576
rank1590
headlongly1595
precipitously1626
neck-break1631
precipitantly1656
precipitately1728
precipitatedly1770
torrentially1882
slap-dab1886
1576 G. Gascoigne Complaynt of Phylomene in Steele Glas sig. Q.iijv The harbrainde colte Which headlong runnes and for no bridle bydes.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 100 He bears his Rider headlong on the Foe. View more context for this quotation
1721 E. Young Revenge i. i Darting headlong to thy arms, I left The promis'd fight.
1765 Ann. Reg. 86/1 The Clergyman..descried two valancas driving headlong towards the village.
1818 J. Keats Endymion iii. 135 Headlong I darted; at one eager swirl Gain'd its bright portal.
1884 Christian World 11 Sept. 678/4 A train ran off the line, and went headlong into a morass.
1918 R. Cullum Law of Gun xxvii. 386 They rushed headlong towards the door.
1974 J. B. Morton Beachcomber 86 Hastily collecting his things he runs headlong from the room.
2000 S. Nye Best of Men behaving Badly 347/1 Neil hurt his knee badly when he ran headlong into the water hazard on the mini-golf.
2. Precipitately, hastily; rashly, impetuously, recklessly; without thought or care.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [adverb] > hastily or hurriedly > foolishly or recklessly
belly-flaughtc1375
headlinga1398
headlingsc1400
hastilyc1405
hastlyc1425
overheadc1440
headilya1500
headlongc1500
ahead1530
headlongsc1540
precipitately1615
precipitantly1642
precipitously1646
precipitiously1653
splash-dash1807
ram-stam1808
rum-strum1827
c1500 Justiciary Rec. I. 157, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at (Hede-), Hiedlang The nerrer that ane man be in perrell..he rynnis the mair hie[d] lang tharto.
1531 W. Tyndale Answere Mores Dialoge f. lxiiijv They..runne hedelonge vn to all mischeue.
1542 T. Becon Newe Pathway vnto Praier Ep. Ded. sig. A.v Where are these..brekers of ye Sabbath day, which..throw themselues headlong into al kynde of vngodlynes?
1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill i. 19 It seemed that some furious destinie lead him headlong to his end.
1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 129 This cast the Duke head-long upon Counsels, dangerous, and full of desperation.
1739 Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 200/2 Rome..fell headlong into Slavery.
1755 E. Young Centaur iii. 106 These are the Men, who..rush headlong into even unimportunate Temptations.
1819 T. Hope Anastasius I. ii. 42 He..plunged headlong into all the intrigues of the Fanar.
1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 362 He among us who would be divine..should not rush headlong into pleasures.
1925 Amer. Mercury Mar. p. xix (advt.) He fell headlong in love with the beautiful young wife of an instructor.
1995 NetGuide Sept. 58/1 The rest of the world is rushing headlong toward interconnectivity.
B. adj.
1.
a. Characterized by unrestrainable haste or breakneck speed; precipitate, wildly impetuous; rash, reckless.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [adjective] > acting with haste > foolishly or recklessly
hastivec1300
racklec1300
hastya1375
foolhastya1393
headya1425
properant1531
headlonga1533
steep1601
precipitate1607
precipitant1608
proclive1609
precipitious1612
precipitous1646
precipitating1681
ram-stam1786
precipit1922
a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1535) xix. f. 33 Ye womenne are so extreme in all heedlonge extremities [Fr. vous autres femmes estes si extremes en toute extremité precipitantes].
1566 T. Stapleton Returne Vntruthes Jewelles Replie iv. 58 Of most high wickednes or of hedlonge arrogancie.
1587 J. Hooker Chron. Ireland 89/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II The lord Thomas being youthfull, rash, and headlong.
1640 J. Yorke Union of Honour 29 The headlong crew of London favour the rebelles.
1682 T. D'Urfey Injured Princess ii. i. 13 Rash headlong Fool—how dar'st thou shock my will.
1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. ii. 322 Injurious Mentor! headlong orator!
1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 26 The sparkling glance..Of hasty love, or headlong ire.
1884 Manch. Examiner 7 Oct. 5/1 Rash and headlong leaders.
1914 E. von Arnim Pastor's Wife xxiv. 307 Robert was not headlong. No one could accuse him of anything but the most steady sequence in his steps.
1988 L. Erdrich Tracks (1989) iii. 47 She was headlong, bossy, scared of nobody.
2006 R. Bolt Librettist of Venice 18 Lorenzo Da Ponte was headlong and reckless in his devotion when love came to him.
b. That involves rushing forward at breakneck speed, or with great impetus or force.
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the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [adjective] > moving with impetuous speed or headlong
ranka1250
whirling1382
hurlingc1400
whithering1513
headling?1518
vehement1528
heady1562
headlongc1565
precipitant1649
precipitate1654
torrent1667
precipitous1681
tearing1765
torrentuous1840
whirlwind1865
torrential1877
Gadarene1895
rocketing1952
c1565 ‘T. C.’ tr. G. Boccaccio Galesus Cymon & Iphigenia sig. D.i To Cymon ranne with headlong pace, to vanquish hym by fight.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. xi. sig. Zv Nor bounds nor banks his headlong ruine may sustayne.
a1609 J. Dennys Secrets of Angling (1613) i. xxix. sig. B7v The rivers making way..With headlong course into the sea profounde.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 58 If they slack their hands, or cease to strive, Then down the Flood with headlong haste they drive. View more context for this quotation
1717 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad III. xii. 120 The moving Legions speed their headlong way.
1719 Free-thinker No. 88. 1 At her Call he plunged into the headlong Stream.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 122 They saw a brigade of their countrymen..drive before it in headlong rout the finest infantry of Spain.
1894 G. M. Fenn In Alpine Valley I. 43 This river tore down the narrow valley with headlong violence.
1944 ‘P. Quentin’ Puzzle for Puppets i. 5 Iris..said: ‘Oops’ as she ran into headlong collision with a Marine sergeant.
1998 Canad. Geographic Nov. 70 (caption) Water drops into the final forebay before its headlong rush through the turbines.
2. Of a cliff, precipice, etc.: steep or vertical; very high. Also in figurative contexts. Now rare.
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the world > space > relative position > inclination > [adjective] > inclined from level or sloping > steep (except of hills, etc.)
staira1175
slidingc1325
steepa1400–50
side?a1475
right-up1511
steep-down1530
steepwise1542
headlonga1557
steep-up?a1560
pitch hill1560
pendent1587
high-pitched1596
steeped1596
perpendicular1598
steepy1735
declivitous1799
steepish1814
escarped1853
steep-cut1888
swooping1956
the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > rising ground or eminence > [adjective] > precipitous (of heights)
headlonga1557
a1557 J. Cheke tr. Gospel St. Matthew (1843) viii. 32 Bi an hedlong place in to ye see.
?1563 Visct. Montagu tr. J. Fisher Godlie Treat. Prayer sig. B3 Many other daungerous perilles, and headlong fallyng places, wherewith we be continuallye inuironed.
1692 E. Walker tr. Epictetus Enchiridion lv. 97 You tumble down a headlong Precipice.
1797 H. Luson Conciliation 82 The headlong precipice before them might warn them..of the inevitable destruction that awaits.
1816 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto III xli. 23 Like a tower upon a headlong rock.
1856 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 1 Apr. in Eng. Notebks. (1997) I. iv. 464 Such a headlong hill.
1913 Evening Gaz. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) 6 Aug. 4/7 A large share of the current of enterprise has dashed itself over the headlong rocks.
3.
a. Of a fall, dive, etc.: that involves falling or plunging headlong. Also in figurative contexts.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [adjective] > plunging head first
headya1382
plunging1538
headlong1562
pitching1749
head-foremost1839
head first1866
1562 A. Brooke tr. M. Bandello Tragicall Hist. Romeus & Iuliet To Rdr. sig. ¶iiv The hedlong fall of loose dishonestie.
c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme lxxiii. 54 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 94 They fell with headlong fall.
1605 Bp. J. Hall Medit. & Vowes I. §60 The descent..[is] easie and headlong.
1724 J. Oldmixon Crit. Hist. Eng. Introd. p. xviii Those Giants had not a more headlong Fall from Heaven to Earth, than the Poet from his Epick Height.
1798 Monthly Mag. May 348/1 I have had the misfortune to be plentifully splashed by this writer, in his headlong plunge into the foul sink of obloquy.
1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh i. 23 Headlong leaps Of waters.
1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 612 Taking a headlong dive into the deep Atlantic.
1905 J. M. Thomson Bush Boys 27 A rata vine caught his foot and down he went in a headlong plunge.
1970 G. Scott-Heron Vulture ii. 107 I tumbled down the stoop in a head-long dive and landed in the middle of 17th Street traffic.
2003 B. Wright Plain Lang. viii. 148 The only thing that prevented the car's headlong descent into a ravine was a slender ridgepole pine.
b. poetic and literary. Falling downwards. Now rare.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [adjective] > plunging head first > specifically of a person
headlong1663
1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. ii. 138 The friendly rug preserv'd the Ground, And headlong Knight from bruise or wound.
1785 T. Dwight Conquest of Canäan viii. 245 From her chill'd hand the headlong roses fell.
1855 H. W. Longfellow Hiawatha viii. 104 Down..Plunged the headlong Hiawatha.
1896 A. C. Hillier tr. R. Muther Hist. Mod. Painting II. xliv. 459 Wild masses of shattered cliff, headlong waterfalls and silent forests.
1943 S. Sitwell Splendours & Miseries 30 Nothing betrays them but the headlong waterfalls.
c. poetic and literary. Upside down. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > space > relative position > inversion > [adjective]
enversed?1440
inverse?1440
turned1513
overturned1561
inversed1592
inverted1598
topsy-turvy1618
downside up1683
headlong1713
upturned1816
Antipodean1853
upside down1866
1713 A. Pope Windsor-Forest 9 Oft in her Glass the musing Shepherd spies The headlong Mountains and the downward Skies.
1755 J. Hervey Theron & Aspasio III. xvii. 378 Even the Mountains are there, but in a head-long Posture... They quiver in this floating Mirror.

Derivatives

ˈheadlong-wise adv. Obsolete headlong; precipitately.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [adverb] > with a plunge > headlong
divelingc1225
headlonga1382
headlingc1384
headlingsa1398
headlongsc1540
headstoopsc1540
headlong-wise1573
1573 T. Twyne tr. Virgil in T. Phaer & T. Twyne tr. Virgil Whole .xii. Bks. Æneidos xi. sig. Ii.iij Both ioyntly headlong wise [L. praecipites] with dubled fall to ground she feld.
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. 29 Should still run on end, and headlongwise fall unto such base varlets.
1613 J. Davies Muses-teares sig. C3 It, past the lowest ebbe, fell headlong-wise.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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