单词 | lunge |
释义 | Word Frequency lunge 1(lʌndʒ) noun 1. a sudden forward motion 2. fencing a thrust made by advancing the front foot and straightening the back leg, extending the sword arm forwards verb 3. to move or cause to move with a lunge 4. (intransitive) fencing to make a lunge Derived forms lunger (ˈlunger) noun Word origin C18: shortened form of obsolete C17 allonge, from French allonger to stretch out (one's arm), from Late Latin ēlongāre to lengthen. Compare elongateWord Frequency lunge 2(lʌndʒ) noun 1. a rope used in training or exercising a horse verb 2. (transitive) to exercise or train (a horse) on a lunge Word origin C17: from Old French longe, shortened from allonge, ultimately from Latin longus long1; related to lunge1 |
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