单词 | inrush |
释义 | inrushn. A rushing or pouring in; inflow, influx. literal and figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > [noun] > (act of) running or pushing in incourse1578 incursion1615 inrushinga1640 insult1652 inrush1817 inrun1875 1817 S. T. Coleridge Blessed are ye that Sow 32 Compelled to hurry forward, like one who crossing the sands at too late an hour finds himself threatened by the inrush of the tide. 1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke I. vii. 116 The ceaseless in-rush of new images. 1866 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighb. (1878) xx. 386 Channels opened for the in-rush of truth into your own mind. 1883 A. I. Ritchie Bk. of Sibyls iii. 174 The animated inrush of tourists. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † inrushv. Obsolete. intransitive. To rush in. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come in [verb (intransitive)] > quickly inthringc1330 leapa1500 inrush1610 rusha1616 to breeze in1930 to buzz in1938 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 443 The Ocean, ready to inrush upon them. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 654 The sea with great violence and assault of waters inrusheth upon a little region called Keimes. 1773 J. Ross Fratricide (MS) ii. 17 And for the grove by Abel dedicate..The Fiend stalks fast, in-rushes and abides. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1817v.1610 |
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