| 单词 | rush |
| 释义 | rush (rʌʃ ) Word forms: rushes , rushing , rushed 1. verb B2 If you rush somewhere, you go there quickly. A schoolgirl rushed into a burning flat to save a man's life. [VERB preposition/adverb] Someone inside the building rushed out. [VERB preposition/adverb] I've got to rush. Got a meeting in a few minutes. [VERB] Shop staff rushed to get help. [VERB to-infinitive] Synonyms: hurry, run, race, shoot 2. verb B2 If people rush to do something, they do it as soon as they can, because they are very eager to do it. Russian banks rushed to buy as many dollars as they could. [VERB to-infinitive] Before you rush to book a table, bear in mind that lunch for two would cost £ 150. 3. singular noun B2 A rush is a situation in which you need to go somewhere or do something very quickly. The men left in a rush. It was all rather a rush. Then there was the mad rush not to be late for school. Synonyms: hurry, urgency, bustle, haste 4. singular noun If there is a rush for something, many people suddenly try to get it or do it. Record stores are expecting a huge rush for the single. [+ for] ...the rush for contracts. Synonyms: run (on), call, demand, request 5. singular noun The rush is a period of time when many people go somewhere or do something. The shop's opening coincided with the Christmas rush. Apply before the rush starts. ...the annual rush to the beaches. 6. verb B2 If you rush something, you do it in a hurry, often too quickly and without much care. You can't rush a search. [VERB noun] Chew your food well and do not rush meals. [VERB noun] Instead of rushing at life, I wanted something more meaningful. [VERB + at] rushed adjective B2 The report had all the hallmarks of a rushed job. Synonyms: hasty, fast, quick, emergency 7. verb B2 If you rush someone or something to a place, you take them there quickly. We got an ambulance and rushed her to hospital. [VERB noun preposition] Federal agents rushed him into a car. [VERB noun preposition] We'll rush it round today if possible. [VERB noun with adverb] 8. verb If you rush into something or are rushed into it, you do it without thinking about it for long enough. He will not rush into any decisions. [VERB + into] They had rushed in without adequate appreciation of the task. [V in] Ministers won't be rushed into a response. [be VERB-ed + into] Don't rush him or he'll become confused. [VERB noun] rushed adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE] B2 At no time did I feel rushed or under pressure. Synonyms: hasty, fast, quick, emergency Synonyms: hurried, frantic, in a hurry, pressed for time 9. verb If you rush something or someone, you move quickly and forcefully at them, often in order to attack them. They rushed the entrance and forced their way in. [VERB noun] Tom came rushing at him from another direction. [VERB + at] 10. verb If air or liquid rushes somewhere, it flows there suddenly and quickly. Water rushes out of huge tunnels. [VERB preposition/adverb] The air was rushing past us all the time. [VERB preposition/adverb] ...the sound of rushing water. [VERB-ing] Synonyms: flow, run, course, shoot Rush is also a noun. A rush of air on my face woke me. [+ of] ...the perpetual rush of the mill stream. 11. countable noun [usually singular] If you experience a rush of a feeling, you suddenly experience it very strongly. A rush of pure affection swept over him. [+ of] He felt a sudden rush of panic at the thought. Synonyms: surge, flow, flood, thrill 12. plural noun Rushes are plants with long thin stems that grow near water. 13. plural noun In film-making, the rushes of a film are the parts of it that have been filmed but have not yet been edited. [technical] 14. be rushed off your feet phrase If you are rushed off your feet, you are extremely busy. [informal] We used to be rushed off our feet at lunchtimes. Phrasal verbs: rush out phrasal verb If a document or product is rushed out, it is produced very quickly. A statement was rushed out. [be VERB-ed PARTICLE] The Treasury was determined not to rush out a new deposit protection scheme. [VERB PARTICLE noun] rush through phrasal verb B2 If you rush something through, you deal with it quickly so that it is ready in a shorter time than usual. The government rushed through legislation aimed at Mafia leaders. [VERB PARTICLE noun] They rushed the burial through so no evidence would show up. [VERB noun PARTICLE] Idioms: fools rush in where angels fear to tread or fools rush in said to criticize a person who did something too quickly without thinking clearly about the likely consequences Sometimes I stop and think, how did I get into this? Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers get the bum's rush [informal] to be completely ignored or rejected in an unexpected and upsetting way He turned up there at 2.45 and sat down to lunch with European royalty, so we got the bum's rush. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers a rush of blood a sudden foolish or daring action which someone would not normally do Barring the occasional rush of blood, Strauss followed those instructions to the letter, buckling down to complete the twentieth hundred of his Test career. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: adrenalin rush That adrenalin rush may keep your heart going like the clappers but it won't go so fast that it makes you ill. The Sun (2012) Vibrations soar through your body, while the adrenalin rush is phenomenal. The Sun (2013) Richard's news had given me a real adrenalin rush, and I couldn't wait for the official confirmation of what he already suspected. DEAD BEAT (2002) I love that atmosphere and getting pumped up and the adrenalin rush you get from the fans. Times, Sunday Times (2012) It could provide an adrenalin rush that will see them kick on and get the points they need to survive. The Sun (2013) He has avoided the rush and protected the football and he has really competed for us. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Then on Saturday morning, Tamara abruptly announced that she had decided to leave, ostensibly to avoid the rush of Sunday traffic. FOLLY (2001) I rush upstairs and search desperately for the library book. Times, Sunday Times Thinking someone might be in their room examining their belongings, they rush upstairs and find the pilot and his phony rescuer. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She rushed upstairs without saying hello, had a shower and got changed - and only then came down for a cup of tea. The Sun Minutes later she heard a massive bang and rushed upstairs to discover a wall of flames. The Sun Rushed upstairs to have a shower, doing the post-workout stretch while the conditioner was doing its magic on my hair to save time. The Sun What if there's a sudden rush - say a foreign country goes crazy? Times, Sunday Times (2016) So much for fears that the scheme could cause a sudden rush to sell and a dire shortage thereafter. Times, Sunday Times (2007) He had even signed the consent forms, in a sudden rush to the head of social spiritedness. SPLITTING But the small find failed to trigger a rush to the mountainous countryside. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Missionary, along with spoons and lotus, gives maximum skin-to-skin contact, triggering a rush of oxytocin - the bonding hormone. The Sun It triggers a rush of mood-boosting endorphins so your exer-ise session ends on a high. The Sun The 23-year-old's success triggered a rush of medals from the home nations. Times, Sunday Times The prospect of reform has triggered a rush to take advantage of existing rules. Times, Sunday Times The water rushes in one direction, the land in another, a band of darkness tumbling and rolling against a band of light. Times, Sunday Times When the wicket gates open, water rushes in, turning turbines that generate electricity. Times, Sunday Times Water rushes in to fill the void — and so creates a huge wave. Times, Sunday Times Beneath the brass, however, water rushes, tumbling from the four sides in huge waterfalls, into the reflecting pool. Times, Sunday Times And the water rushes round and descends into the earth just as if one were pouring it through a filter funnel. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The beach empties and a touch of winter returns to this quiet, secluded cove, when the wind rushes in from the sea. Times, Sunday Times The wind rushes through them. Times, Sunday Times The lilacs, the peonies and now the roses fill the air, the birds wake us and the wind rushes through the leaves. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 匆促, 急速前往 Japanese: 突進, 急ぐ |
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