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单词 rushed
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rushedadj.1

Brit. /rʌʃt/, U.S. /rəʃt/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rush n.1, -ed suffix2; rush v.1, -ed suffix1.
Etymology: Partly < rush n.1 + -ed suffix2, and partly < rush v.1 + -ed suffix1.
1. Overgrown with rushes. rare.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > plants, grasses, or reeds > [adjective] > made of rushes
rushenOE
rushya1382
matted1570
rushed1759
the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [adjective] > having or full of
reedy1307
flaggy1382
reedena1387
sedgy1566
rushy1567
saggy1609
secky1610
cany1667
seavy1684
bentya1700
juncous1755
rushed1759
rush-grown1765
spritty1786
spratty1808
reeded1821
sedged1866
1759 T. Warton Ode Approach of Summer in Union: Select Scots & Eng. Poems (ed. 2) 84 As slow he winds in museful mood, Near the rush'd marge of Cherwell's flood.
1957 A. Clarke Too Great Vine 19 I think of rushed bones, Bogland, in furnaces, grown greener.
2. Of a floor: strewn with rushes. Also with modifying word. Now rare.
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1802 J. Baillie Ethwald: Pt. Second ii. i, in Series Plays II. 268 Our warm and cheerful hearths, And rushed floors whereon our children play'd, Are now the bloody lair of dying men.
1846 J. T. Hewlett Dunster Castle iii. 35 Well stuffed chairs, nicely-rushed floors, and tables covered with flagons of good ale and sound cider, await you within.
1893 H. J. Hardy in Winchester College 1393–1893 30 In Hall the various red and blue hangings have given way to the simple oak panelling of Dean Fleshmonger, and the paved and rushed floor to planking.
1906 Yale Courant 28 Apr. 394 Tallows flared and smoked upon the walls thereof, so that the wax dripped upon the well-rushed floor.
3. Of a chair or its seat: made of rushes.
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1918 Heal & Son Catal.: Cottage Furnit. 31 Jacobean Chair, in Dark Oak with rushed seat.
1984 D. Berry Whales of August Introd. Three rough-hewn rocking chairs with simple cushions over rushed seats.
2004 T. Barnard Making Grand Figure iii. 115 Richardson owned both oak and rushed chairs.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

rushedadj.2

Brit. /rʌʃt/, U.S. /rəʃt/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rush v.2, -ed suffix1.
Etymology: < rush v.2 + -ed suffix1.The motivation for use in sense 1 is apparently that the public are rushed into betting on the ‘rushed’ horse; compare slightly earlier to do a rush at rush n.2, adv., and adj. Phrases 4.
Chiefly in predicative use.
1. Horse Racing. Of a horse: that has been backed by a bookmaker in order to induce people to bet on it. Cf. to do a rush at rush n.2, adv., and adj. Phrases 4. Obsolete. rare.
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1871 Baily's Monthly Mag. June 177 The ‘rushed’ favourite, the deluded public, the good thing so generously put about.
2. Of an action or task: carried out very quickly or hastily; hurried. Also: produced in haste.
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1881 W. C. Russell Ocean Free-lance III. v. 162 By the time breakfast was piped the yards were crossed and the sails ready for bending. This, all things considered, was a very smartly-rushed job.
1907 Ice & Cold Storage July 163/1 The tests after erection are occasionally very rushed.
1956 Amer. Hist. Rev. 62 80 The translation was too rushed, too literal, and based on too little thought to be successful.
2008 JazzTimes Feb. 116/2 The moaning often accompanies performances that feel rushed.
3. Of a person: that has much to do in a limited time; under pressure as a result of this. Cf. to be rushed for time at rush v.2 7d.
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1884 Lippincott's Monthly Mag. June 564/1 I was so rushed at Beaumont that I forgot all about her.
1887 Overland Monthly May 463/1 It's a rather long story, but as..you don't seem to be particularly rushed, I guess I'll have to tell it to you.
1918 S. E. White Simba ii. 48 Shimbo was a very rushed, harried, important, fussy, and somewhat cross old gentleman.
1947 M. Morris in B. James Austral. Short Stories (1963) 345 She..waited on the tables in Gleeson's dining-room when they were rushed.
1980 E. R. Perkins Educ. for Childbirth & Parenthood i. 17 If..staff are tired, or very rushed, they are obviously more likely to make mistakes.
1992 P. Auster Leviathan (1993) i. 9 The person who called me was too rushed to answer my questions over the phone.
4. Of a situation or event: characterized by the need to do much in a limited time; busy.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [adjective] > acting with haste > hasty or hurried
hastivea1325
raplyc1390
runninga1400
rapec1410
precipitate1545
hasty1560
abrupt1576
festinate1598
breathless1606
hasteful1610
precipitatedc1625
arreptitious1653
hurried1667
prerupt1727
hurry-scurry1732
rush1879
rushed1888
scampered1894
rush-round1903
rushy1976
drive-by1992
1888 Rep. State Board Silk Culture Calif. 10 Many times the work in the Secretary's office was so rushed that it was necessary to work evenings.
1893 Rep. Comm. House of Representatives 2nd Session, 52 Congr. I. 136 Are you having a dull time, or a rushed time?
1924 H. Crane Let. 5 Mar. (1965) 177 What with one's work, one's friends, books, writing, eating and sleeping, things are certainly rushed!
1963 Listener 31 Jan. 223/2 Lentil soup requires little preparation, and, on a rushed day, takes kindly to the pressure cooker.
2000 W. Skogstad in R. D. Hinshelwood & W. Skogstad Observing Organisations viii. 107 It is quite rushed on the ward.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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