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单词 rush
释义 rush
I. \ˈrəsh\ noun
(-es)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English rish, resh, rush, from Old English risc, resc, rysc; akin to Middle Low German risch, rüsch rush, Middle Dutch & Middle High German rusch, Norwegian rusk, ryskje hair grass, Latin restis rope, cord, Sanskrit rajju rope, cord, Lithuanian reksti to plait, bind, tie
1.
 a. : any of various plants especially of the genera Juncus and Scirpus the cylindrical and often hollow stems of which are used in bottoming chairs and plaiting mats and the pith of which is used in some places for wicks and rushlights
 b. : any of various other plants resembling rush
 c. : cattail
2. : the merest trifle : straw
 < not even worth a rush >
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
Etymology: Middle English russhen, from rish, resh, rush, n.
transitive verb
: to strew with, work with, or make with rushes
intransitive verb
: to gather rushes
III. verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
Etymology: Middle English russhen, from Middle French reuser, ruser, to put to flight, repel, retreat, from Latin recusare to object to, reject, refuse — more at recusant
intransitive verb
1.
 a. : to move forward or progress with speed often impetuously and sometimes with violence or tumult
  < servants rushed in and out piling up a variety of food — Heinrich Harrer >
  < the gate was open and the Indians rushed in — American Guide Series: Pennsylvania >
 b. : to act with haste, precipitation, or eagerness, typically with impatience at delay or without due consideration or preparation
  < the complaining parties … rush blindly on the superficial causes of their immediate distress — J.A.Froude >
  < rushing in with brand-new solutions without consulting the party — Leslie Roberts >
  < men who should have known better rushed into print — W.E.Swinton >
2.
 a. : to flow or fall very rapidly and often noisily : dart or move quickly
  < flames … rushing up in long lances — John Muir †1914 >
  < skim along … at fifty miles an hour with the air rushing in — Tom Marvel >
  < the brook … rushes over a precipice in two cascades — American Guide Series: Connecticut >
 b. : to surge up rapidly and forcefully to a dominating degree
  < all the horror rushed over her afresh — Ellen Glasgow >
  < tenderness rushed upon him — Christine Weston >
  < old times rushed back upon me — the remembrance of old services — W.M.Thackeray >
3. : to act as carrier of a football in a running play
transitive verb
1. obsolete : to thrust or force often ruthlessly or violently
 < thy fault our law calls death; but the kind Prince … hath rushed aside the law — Shakespeare >
2. : to cause to go forward at a high rate of speed
 < able to guess when new gales … would rush the line of snowstorms out to sea — J.A.Michener >
3.
 a. : to move quickly and often heedlessly without thought
  < seemed to be rushing himself and others into trouble — Walter Lippmann >
 b. : to impel or hurry on or forward with marked speed, impetuosity, or violence
  < was able to rush into the field three regiments of militia — American Guide Series: New Hampshire >
  < rushed her to the hospital — Morris Fishbein >
  < didn't want to be rushed into marriage — Floyd Dell >
 c. : to perform, execute, or deliver in a notably short time or at high speed
  < decided that the work … was to be rushed — Mary Austin >
  < the same class of ambitious leaders rushed it into statehood — D.Y.Thomas >
4. : to urge to an unnaturally rapid progress or pace
 < better not to rush young children too much, even if they are unusual — Charles Angoff >
 < the department stores always seem to rush the season >
 < had been really rushed yesterday >
5. : to run towards or against in attack : vanquish, overpower : break in by charge or onset
 < rushed the enemy group, bayoneted their leader — H.L.Merillat >
 < if you hear three shots, rush the door — Laura Krey >
6. : to roquet (a ball) so that it travels a considerable distance
7.
 a. : to carry (a ball) forward in a running play
 b. : to move in quickly on (a kicker or passer) so as to hinder, prevent, or block a kick or pass
8.
 a. : to lavish attention on : court assiduously : have frequent dates with
  < has been rushing that girl for nearly three months >
 b. : to entertain especially at parties and dances in order to secure a pledge of membership
  < the sorority decided to rush fewer girls this year >
Synonyms:
 dash, tear, shoot, charge: rush suggests either impetuosity or intense hurry on account of some exigency, with carelessness about the concomitant effects of the precipitate action
  < a flying rout of suns and galaxies, rushing away from the solar system — E.M.Forster >
  < business rushed forward into the glittering years — American Guide Series: Ind. >
  dash is now likely to suggest running or moving at a wild unrestrained top speed
  < gyroscopically controlled trains that can make 150 miles an hour … and dash across an abyss on a steel cable — Waldemar Kaempffert >
  < dash'd on like a spurred blood-horse in a race — Lord Byron >
  tear, in this sense, may suggest extreme swiftness with impetus, violence, and abandon
  < then he tore out of the study — Agnes S. Turnbull >
  < disheveled atoms tear along at 100 miles a second — Waldemar Kaempffert >
  shoot may imply the precipitate headlong rushing or darting of something impelled, as though discharged from a gun
  < leaped to one side and out of reach of those wicked horns. The bull shot past — F.B.Gipson >
  < the Bridal Veil shoots free from the upper edge of the cliff by the velocity the stream has acquired — John Muir †1914 >
  < shooting out in their motorcars on errands of mystery — Virginia Woolf >
  charge is likely to suggest a rapid, violent onslaught gathering forceful momentum calculated to overpower
  < down we swept and charged and overthrew — Alfred Tennyson >
  < one morning he charged — he was a very burly man — into Rossetti's studio — Osbert Sitwell >

- rush the growler
IV. noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle English, from russhen, v.
1.
 a. : a moving forward with rapidity and force or eagerness : a swift sometimes violent motion or courseonset
  < a rush was made at the first three food-laden wagons — F.V.W.Mason >
  < a whole load of earth fell with a rush — Liam O'Flaherty >
 b. : a sound of or as if of swift movement
  < the idea may come with a rush of wings — Harriet Monroe >
  < heard the rush of the distant waterfall >
 c. : a surging usually of some deeply felt emotion
  < a rush of moral indignation — V.S.Pritchett >
  < sat back with a curious little rush of excitement — Ann Bridge >
  < a quick rush of sympathy — Gordon Cuyler >
2.
 a. : an unusual burst of activity, productivity, or speed usually because of pressure or accumulation
  < the rush … to locate and tap new and improved sources of raw materials — V.G.Iden >
  < buy in a wild Saturday morning rush or go without what you need — Nathaniel Peffer >
  < the patient had peristaltic rushes >
 b. : a sudden insistent and usually eager demand
  < caused a rush among American banking houses to retain him as their legal counsel — Current Biography >
  < was assured of a box-office rushNewsweek >
  < the height of the Christmas rush — Wynford Vaughan-Thomas >
3. : a thronging of many people usually to some new place; especially : gold rush
 < the second season of the great California rush — Cliff Farrell >
 < most men who have known the excitement of a rush always remain prospectors at heart — American Guide Series: Nevada >
4. : the act of carrying a football during a game : running play
 < sped 56 yards with the kickoff and got three more on a rush — Allison Danzig >
5. : a contest or trial of strength between two classes or delegations of two classes usually in a school or university
 < the day of the big freshman rush, in which the sophomores would … try to prevent the freshmen from charging — Edmund Wilson >
6. : a round of assiduous attention usually involving extensive social activity
 < seem to be giving her quite a rush — Hamilton Basso >
7. : an advance positive print of a motion-picture scene processed directly after the shooting for review by the director or producer — often used in plural

- at a rush
V. adjective
1. : involving haste : requiring special speed usually in preparation, process, or action
 < rush orders for coffee and doughnuts — Robertson Davies >
2. : characterized by a press of activity for students being considered for fraternity or sorority membership
 < rush week >
3. : characterized by maximum activity
 < transatlantic liner business will swing into the annual rush season — George Horne b.1902 >
 < the worst delays … took place not in cities but in suburban towns at the rush commuting hours — Hal Burton >
VI. noun
1. : the immediate pleasurable feeling produced by a drug (as heroin or amphetamine) — called also flash
2. : a feeling of pleasure or euphoria : thrill : bang : kick
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