| 单词 | dispatch |
| 释义 | dis·patch I. or des·patch transitive verb 1. a. < dispatch a letter to one's superior reporting on progress > < dispatch troops to the scene of conflict > < dispatch a messenger to the king requesting military assistance > < organized and dispatched a motorcade over the proposed route — American Guide Series: Florida > b. < employed to dispatch buses at a terminal > < dispatch seamen in a hiring hall > < the starter is better equipped to dispatch elevators to maintain an even flow of traffic — Dun's Review > < truck dispatching and maintenance, which he had learned as a motor transport officer in the army, being the only trade he knew — Oakley Hall > 2. a. < with the heavyset girl dispatched amid gaiety — Harriet LaBarre > b. < promptly seized the trap and dispatched the bear with one blow on the head — American Guide Series: Vermont > c. obsolete d. obsolete 3. a. < anxious to dispatch the matter at hand and get on to other business > b. < dispatch a seven-course dinner without effort or pause > < the salad and frozen pudding were dispatched as promptly as the roast had been — Willa Cather > intransitive verb archaic Synonyms: see kill, send II. or despatch 1. a. obsolete b. < her well-planned loathing of Scarpia, and her equally determined dispatch of him once her plan of action was clear — Saturday Review > c. (1) < concerned more with grievances and their redress than with the dispatch of the crown's business — T.E.May > (2) d. < requested the dispatch of two companies to the front > < the dispatch of goods trains from important centers of traffic — O.S.Nock > : shipment < fine white clay being bagged for dispatch to the potteries — L.D.Stamp > 2. a. < his military record brought him three mentions in dispatches — Current Biography > < dispatch to the war department via the state department from … the consul at Tsingtao — J.D.Morris > b. 3. < the gallery stages its auctions with such dispatch and charm that one might be attending a cunningly directed play — New Yorker > 4. Britain Synonyms: see haste III. < dispatched the other team easily > |
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