单词 | onrush |
释义 | onrushn. A surging rush forward; spec. (in a war or battle) a fierce attack. Later chiefly in extended use: a rapid and impelling development or advance. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > [noun] > impetuous onrusha1784 a1784 S. Johnson Skia in Compl. Eng. Poems (1971) 151 Thou, almighty King, govern, sole arbiter, the onrush of the stormy heart. 1837 K. H. Digby Mores Catholici VIII. viii. xiii. 444 In the onrush of the storm was heard suddenly a medley of voices. 1844 Fraser's Mag. 30 179/2 Another hurrah and onrush made the enemy throw down their arms. 1891 G. F. X. Griffith tr. C. Fouard Christ I. 272 The mighty on-rush of the waters. 1923 R. Macaulay Told by Idiot iii. i. 189 The onrush of motor-cars and the decline of bicycles and the horse. 1940 H. F. Armstrong Chronology of Failure xi. 190 The on-rush of European events from 1935 to September 1939. 1994 Nature 24 Mar. 373/1 Investors responded to reports of an onrush in biotechnology that would even dwarf the spectacular triumph of electronics. 2000 Guardian 23 Dec. (Weekend Suppl.) 13/2 With the onrush of consumer capitalism, the most mundane objects have become endowed with talismanic significance at the best of times. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). onrushv. poetic. intransitive. To move forward with urgent haste; to advance rapidly. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move swiftly in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move swiftly and violently > onwards onrush1861 1861 A. T. de Vere Sisters 71 One through deserts drear On rushing in that race distraught. 1875 W. Morris tr. Virgil Æneids xii. 652 Saces on his foaming steed..onrusheth to the place. 1909 L. Binyon Ruan's Voy. iv, in Eng. & Other Poems 20 O idle thought to number how The days onrushed, the morrow flushed, Thicker than blossoms on an apple-bough. 1973 N. Loftis Hell in Black Anima xiii. 57 You sent him onrushing Back to Tennessee. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1784v.1861 |
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