单词 | lurch |
释义 | lurch1/ləːtʃ /verb [no object, with adverbial] Make an abrupt, unsteady, uncontrolled movement or series of movements; stagger: the car lurched forward Stuart lurched to his feet figurative he was lurching from one crisis to the next...
Synonyms stagger, stumble, sway, reel, roll, weave, totter, flounder, falter, wobble, slip, move clumsily sway, reel, list, roll, pitch, toss, keel, veer, labour, flounder, heel, swerve, make heavy weather; Nautical pitchpole noun [usually in singular] An abrupt uncontrolled movement, especially an unsteady tilt or roll: the boat gave a violent lurch and he missed his footing...
OriginLate 17th century (as a noun denoting the sudden leaning of a ship to one side): of unknown origin.
Rhymeslurch2/ləːtʃ /noun (in phrase leave someone in the lurch) Leave an associate or friend abruptly and without assistance or support when they are in a difficult situation: he left you in the lurch when you needed him most...
Synonyms leave in trouble, let down, leave helpless, leave stranded, leave high and dry, abandon, desert, betray North American informal bail on archaic forsake abandon, desert, leave, leave high and dry, turn one's back on, cast aside, break (up) with; jilt, strand, leave stranded, throw over informal run/walk out on, dump, ditch British informal give someone the push, give someone the elbow, give someone the big E, bin off archaic forsake OriginMid 16th century (denoting a state of discomfiture): from French lourche, the name of a game resembling backgammon, used in the phrase demeurer lourche 'be discomfited'. |
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