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单词 lurch
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lurch

verb
/lɜːtʃ/
/lɜːrtʃ/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they lurch
/lɜːtʃ/
/lɜːrtʃ/
he / she / it lurches
/ˈlɜːtʃɪz/
/ˈlɜːrtʃɪz/
past simple lurched
/lɜːtʃt/
/lɜːrtʃt/
past participle lurched
/lɜːtʃt/
/lɜːrtʃt/
-ing form lurching
/ˈlɜːtʃɪŋ/
/ˈlɜːrtʃɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) to make a sudden, unsteady movement forward or to one side synonym stagger, sway
    • Suddenly the horse lurched to one side and the child fell off.
    • The man lurched drunkenly out of the pub.
    • (figurative) Their relationship seems to lurch from one crisis to the next.
    Extra Examples
    • A man lurched into her office.
    • He lurched towards the door.
    • The drunk lurched to his feet and tried to follow us.
    • Suddenly the train lurched violently.
    • The bus lurched along the mountain road.
    • The car lurched forward.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • violently
    • slightly
    • suddenly
    • …
    preposition
    • along
    • into
    • towards/​toward
    • …
    phrases
    • lurch to your feet
    See full entry
  2. [intransitive] if your heart or stomach lurches, you have a sudden feeling of fear or excitementTopics Feelingsc2
    3. Word Originverb late 17th cent. (as a noun denoting the sudden leaning of a ship to one side): of unknown origin.

lurch

noun
/lɜːtʃ/
/lɜːrtʃ/
 [usually singular]Idioms
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  1. a sudden, unsteady movement that moves you forward or to the side and nearly makes you lose your balance
    • The train gave a violent lurch.
    • His heart gave a lurch when he saw her.
    • With a lurch the party found itself heading for a major crisis.
    Extra Examples
    • John felt a lurch of fear in his stomach.
    • Starting her own business was a lurch into the unknown.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • sickening
    • sudden
    • violent
    • …
    verb + lurch
    • give
    • feel
    preposition
    • with a lurch
    • lurch into
    See full entry
    Word Originnoun late 17th cent. (as a noun denoting the sudden leaning of a ship to one side): of unknown origin. leave somebody in the lurch. mid 16th cent. (denoting a state of discomfiture): from French lourche, the name of a game resembling backgammon, used in the phrase demeurer lourche ‘be discomfited’.
Idioms
leave somebody in the lurch
  1. (informal) to fail to help somebody when they are relying on you to do so
    • I’m sorry to leave you in the lurch but I can’t do the presentation with you this afternoon.
    • She felt she had been left in the lurch by all her colleagues.
    Topics Difficulty and failurec2
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