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单词 irrupt
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Definition of irrupt in English:

irrupt

verb ɪˈrʌptɪˈrəpt
[no object]
  • 1Enter somewhere forcibly or suddenly.

    absurdities continually irrupt into the narrative
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He had no right to irrupt back into my life after all this time.
    • Derrida irrupted into Western philosophy from the repressed margin of the imperial West.
    • Still addressing me with tearful insults and telling me that I was a coward, she irrupted in the living room with a large knife in her hands.
    • War irrupts convulsively into the history of civilizations as a loss of control, partially managed by competing political interests.
    • Neither the Great Depression nor the Second World War dampened the impetus with which Argentina irrupted into the twentieth century.
    Synonyms
    go in, go into, come in, come into, get in, get into, set foot in, cross the threshold of, pass into, move into, gain access to, be admitted to, effect an entrance into, make an entrance into, break into, burst into, irrupt into, intrude into, invade, infiltrate
    1. 1.1 (of a bird or other animal) migrate into an area in abnormally large numbers.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • After protests by many, the horticultural industry developed a sterile hybrid with the same luscious cadmium blossoms but no ability to irrupt.
      • And in winter, they sometimes irrupt, or move south of their more usual range in large numbers.
      • But climate change, restoration, biotechnology, and irrupting species have forced ecologists to consider what was, in order to imagine what ought to be.
      • My neighbors in Tucson, for instance, planted South African sweet gum that irrupted into the Sonoran desert and covered cactus and other indigenous shrubs.

Derivatives

  • irruption

  • noun ɪˈrʌpʃ(ə)nɪˈrəpʃ(ə)n
    • They undergo almost cyclical irruptions across portions of their winter range, which may be associated with conifer seed crops.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He nailed me for calling it a migration as opposed to an irruption.
      • The book is a melange of logical exposition, poetic irruptions, and travel on a road with many detours and roadside attractions.
      • This object, aligned with Evil, is a thing of desire for us, an outlet for the irruption of Evil.
      • They do undertake short-distance movements in some parts of their range, and irruptions occur in some years.
  • irruptive

  • adjective
    • Their inconspicuous nature, relatively small numbers, and irruptive behavior make it difficult to monitor the population.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Such a temporal event is something irruptive and unpredictable, both in its causes and effects.
      • Restoration wishes to limit irruptive, aggressive, and disruptive species.
      • Snowy Owls are migratory, nomadic, and irruptive.
      • The rest of their career - thirteen years! - played out in the shadow of its irruptive beginning.

Origin

Mid 19th century: (earlier (mid 16th century) as irruption) from Latin irrupt- 'broken into', from the verb irrumpere, from in- 'into' + rumpere 'break'.

Rhymes

abrupt, corrupt, disrupt, erupt, interrupt
 
 

Definition of irrupt in US English:

irrupt

verbɪˈrəptiˈrəpt
[no object]
  • 1Enter forcibly or suddenly.

    absurdities continually irrupt into the narrative
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Neither the Great Depression nor the Second World War dampened the impetus with which Argentina irrupted into the twentieth century.
    • Still addressing me with tearful insults and telling me that I was a coward, she irrupted in the living room with a large knife in her hands.
    • He had no right to irrupt back into my life after all this time.
    • Derrida irrupted into Western philosophy from the repressed margin of the imperial West.
    • War irrupts convulsively into the history of civilizations as a loss of control, partially managed by competing political interests.
    Synonyms
    go in, go into, come in, come into, get in, get into, set foot in, cross the threshold of, pass into, move into, gain access to, be admitted to, effect an entrance into, make an entrance into, break into, burst into, irrupt into, intrude into, invade, infiltrate
    1. 1.1 (of a bird or other animal) migrate into an area in abnormally large numbers.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • After protests by many, the horticultural industry developed a sterile hybrid with the same luscious cadmium blossoms but no ability to irrupt.
      • And in winter, they sometimes irrupt, or move south of their more usual range in large numbers.
      • But climate change, restoration, biotechnology, and irrupting species have forced ecologists to consider what was, in order to imagine what ought to be.
      • My neighbors in Tucson, for instance, planted South African sweet gum that irrupted into the Sonoran desert and covered cactus and other indigenous shrubs.

Origin

Mid 19th century: (earlier ( mid 16th century) as irruption) from Latin irrupt- ‘broken into’, from the verb irrumpere, from in- ‘into’ + rumpere ‘break’.

 
 
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