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单词 sprint
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sprint

verb
/sprɪnt/
/sprɪnt/
[intransitive, transitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they sprint
/sprɪnt/
/sprɪnt/
he / she / it sprints
/sprɪnts/
/sprɪnts/
past simple sprinted
/ˈsprɪntɪd/
/ˈsprɪntɪd/
past participle sprinted
/ˈsprɪntɪd/
/ˈsprɪntɪd/
-ing form sprinting
/ˈsprɪntɪŋ/
/ˈsprɪntɪŋ/
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    to run or swim a short distance very fast
    • + adv./prep. He sprinted for the line.
    • Three runners sprinted past.
    • She jumped out of the car and sprinted for the front door.
    • sprint something I sprinted the last few metres.
    Extra Examples
    • A doctor came sprinting down the corridor.
    • He sprinted towards the finishing line.
    • Mark gathered up his things and sprinted after her.
    Topics Sports: other sportsc1
    Word Originlate 18th cent. (as a dialect term meaning ‘a bound or spring’): related to Swedish spritta.

sprint

noun
/sprɪnt/
/sprɪnt/
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  1. a race in which the people taking part run, swim, etc. very fast over a short distance
    • a 100-metre sprint
    • the world sprint champion
    Extra Examples
    • Jamaica won the gold in the sprint relay.
    • Olympic sprint champion Marion Jones
    • the 100-metre and 200-metre sprint double
    Topics Sports: other sportsc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • quick
    • short
    • final
    • …
    verb + sprint
    • break into
    • make
    sprint + noun
    • race
    • relay
    • finish
    • …
    preposition
    • in a sprint
    • sprint for
    See full entry
  2. [usually singular] a short period of running, swimming, etc. very fast
    • The Moroccan came out best in a frantic sprint for the line.
    • a sprint for the bus
    • She won in a sprint finish.
    Extra Examples
    • Sato just pipped the Kenyan runner in a sprint finish.
    • The runners broke into a sprint a few hundred yards from the finish.
    • This car could comfortably outpace its rivals in a sprint.
    • It was a sprint for the finishing line.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • quick
    • short
    • final
    • …
    verb + sprint
    • break into
    • make
    sprint + noun
    • race
    • relay
    • finish
    • …
    preposition
    • in a sprint
    • sprint for
    See full entry
    3. Word Originlate 18th cent. (as a dialect term meaning ‘a bound or spring’): related to Swedish spritta.
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