| 单词 | hurl |
| 释义 | hurl (once / 360 pages) vn When you hurl something, you throw it hard. You might hurl your shoe at a horrible bug if it suddenly scuttled across the floor. If you hurl a rock at a glass window, it will probably break, and if you hurl your trash in the direction of a garbage can, it may or may not land inside. The verb hurl implies some force behind your throw. The earliest English version was hurlen, which in the thirteenth century meant "run against each other or collide." It probably comes from the Germanic root hurr, which is also the root of hurry, and means "rapid motion." WORD FAMILYhurl: hurled, hurler, hurling, hurls+/hurler: hurlers USAGE EXAMPLESRoger Clemens fails to get votes necessary for Baseball Hall of Fame, hurls bat shard at Mike Piazza’s plaque in Cooperstown. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) According to theory, they should be hurled into space. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) Back in the day, the worst thing people did was hide in a ditch and hurl field corn kernels at passing cars. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) 1v throw forcefully Syn|Hypo|Hyper cast, hurtle crash, dash hurl or thrust violently precipitatehurl or throw violently catapult, slinghurl as if with a sling bowlhurl a cricket ball from one end of the pitch towards the batsman at the other end throw propel through the air 2v make a thrusting forward movement Syn|Hypo|Hyper hurtle, lunge, thrust dart move with sudden speed ripostemake a return thrust move move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion 3v utter with force; utter vehemently hurl insults Syn|Hyper throw express, give tongue to, utter, verbalise, verbalize articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise 4n a violent throw Syn|Hyper cast throw the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist) |
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