| 单词 | dash |
| 释义 | dash (once / 138 pages) 1vn 2v 3v 4vn 5n When you dash, you run a short distance very quickly. If you forget your lunch in the morning, you might try to dash home, grab it, and dash back to school. When your dog chases your cat, they dash around the house — you can call this sprint itself a dash. You could say, "I won the 50-yard dash!" or "Our trip to the mall was just a mad dash, because we were late for the movie."When you use the punctuation mark known as a dash, you write a horizontal line ( — ) to mark a pause, a change, or an omitted word. WORD FAMILYdash: dashed, dashes, dashing+/dashed: dashedest/dashing: dashingest, dashingly USAGE EXAMPLESWhy does actor Benedict Cumberbatch cut such a dash as British literary detective Sherlock Holmes? Reuters(Dec 31, 2016) This year, Republicans will drop that custom in their dash to scrap the Affordable Care Act. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) Ambulances with wailing sirens dashed from the battlefield to field hospitals elsewhere in the city. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1v run or move very quickly or hastily She dashed into the yard Syn|Hypo|Hyper dart, flash, scoot, scud, shoot buck, charge, shoot, shoot down, tear move quickly and violently plunge dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it move fast 2n a quick run Syn|Hypo|Hyper sprint break a sudden dash fast break(basketball) a rapid dash to get a shot as soon as possible after taking possession of the ball run, running the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace 3n the act of moving with great haste he made a dash for the door Syn|Hyper bolt haste, hurry, rush, rushing the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner 4n a footrace run at top speed 2he is preparing for the 100-yard dash Hyper track event a footrace performed on a track (indoor or outdoor) 1v hurl or thrust violently He dashed the plate against the wall Waves were dashing against the rock Syn|Hyper crash cast, hurl, hurtle throw forcefully 2v destroy or break dashed ambitions and hopes Hyper baffle, bilk, cross, foil, frustrate, queer, scotch, spoil, thwart hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of 3v break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over 3Syn|Hypo|Hyper smash smash break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow blast, knock down shatter as if by explosion break destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments v cause to lose courage 4dashed by the refusal Syn|Hyper daunt, frighten away, frighten off, pall, scare, scare away, scare off intimidate, restrain to compel or deter by or as if by threats 1v add an enlivening or altering element to blue paint dashed with white Hyper mix, mix in add as an additional element or part 2n distinctive and stylish elegance 5he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer Syn|Hyper elan, flair, panache, style elegance a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste 1n a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text Syn|Hyper hyphen punctuation, punctuation mark the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases 2n the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code Syn|Hyper dah radiotelegraphic signal, telegraphic signal a signal transmitted by telegraphy |
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