单词 | rush |
释义 | Word Frequency rush 1(rʌʃ) verb 1. to hurry or cause to hurry; hasten 2. to make a sudden attack upon (a fortress, position, person, etc) 3. (when intr, often foll by at, in, or into) to proceed or approach in a reckless manner 4. rush one's fences 5. (intransitive) to come, flow, swell, etc, quickly or suddenly tears rushed to her eyes 6. slang to cheat, esp by grossly overcharging 7. (transitive) US and Canadian to make a concerted effort to secure the agreement, participation, etc, of (a person) 8. (intransitive) American football to gain ground by running forwards with the ball noun 9. the act or condition of rushing 10. a sudden surge towards someone or something a gold rush 11. a sudden surge of sensation, esp produced by a drug 12. a sudden demand adjective (prenominal) 13. requiring speed or urgency a rush job 14. characterized by much movement, business, etc a rush period Derived forms rusher (ˈrusher) noun Word origin C14 ruschen, from Old French ruser to put to flight, from Latin recūsāre to refuse, rejectWord Frequency rush 2(rʌʃ) noun 1. any annual or perennial plant of the genus Juncus, growing in wet places and typically having grasslike cylindrical leaves and small green or brown flowers: family Juncaceae. Many species are used to make baskets 2. any of various similar or related plants, such as the woodrush, scouring rush, and spike-rush 3. something valueless; a trifle; straw not worth a rush 4. short for rushlight Derived forms rushlike (ˈrushˌlike) adjective Word origin Old English risce, rysce; related to Middle Dutch risch, Norwegian rusk, Old Slavonic rozga twig, rodWord Frequency Rush(rʌʃ) noun Geoffrey (Roy). born 1951, Australian film actor. His films include Shine (1996), for which he won an Academy Award, Quills (2000), and The King's Speech (2010) |
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