| 单词 | hurtle |
| 释义 | hurtle (once / 2799 pages) v If you forcefully throw or fling something, you hurtle it. In a food fight, you may hurtle chocolate pudding across the room, but be prepared for someone to launch peas at you in retaliation. Duck! The verb hurtle also means to move rapidly, often with a rushing sound, and sometimes with seeming lack of control. If you are driving on wet, slippery roads at night, try not to drive fast and skid out of control — if you do, your car may seem to hurtle through the darkness! By the way, even though we can't feel it, the earth hurtles through space at approximately 67,000 miles per hour as it orbits the sun. WORD FAMILYhurtle: hurtled, hurtles, hurtling USAGE EXAMPLESBut there should be no formalities in this town, which is hurtling toward the 25th anniversary of its last title in a major pro sport. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) Yeah, when he becomes agitated lights flash and bad guys are hurtled into the air. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) Elsewhere, time hurtles ahead: unpredictable harmonic schemes generate suspense at every turn of this most familiar of stories. The New Yorker(Dec 25, 2016) 1v move with or as if with a rushing sound The cars hurtled by Hyper go, locomote, move, travel change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically 2v throw forcefully Syn|Hypo|Hyper cast, hurl crash, dash hurl or thrust violently precipitatehurl or throw violently catapult, slinghurl as if with a sling bowlhurl a cricket ball from one end of the pitch towards the batsman at the other end throw propel through the air 3v make a thrusting forward movement Syn|Hypo|Hyper hurl, lunge, thrust dart move with sudden speed ripostemake a return thrust move move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
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