单词 | fling |
释义 | fling (once / 134 pages) 1vn 2vn 3n To fling is to throw something with force. You'll start a food fight in the cafeteria if you fling your vegetables at the kid across the table. The act of throwing something recklessly or with force can also be called a fling. Your mail sorting ritual might be putting bills in one pile and personal letters in another, then giving junk mail a fling into the recycling bin. A brief period of revelry or indulgence is another kind of fling. You and your friends could plan a weekend fling in New York, staying in a hotel, eating out, and shopping without worrying about how much money you spend. WORD FAMILYfling: flinging, flings, flung USAGE EXAMPLESOne co-worker flung a racial epithet at him. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) He collected the loose puck and flung it past Raanta. New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) Forty-six years before, at nineteen, my mother became pregnant during a fling with her older, married boss. Salon(Dec 27, 2016) 1 1v throw with force or recklessness fling the frisbee Hypo|Hyper flip, pitch, sky, toss throw or toss with a light motion submarinethrow with an underhand motion lagthrow or pitch at a mark, as with coins throw back, toss backthrow back with a quick, light motion throw propel through the air 2v throw or cast away Syn|Hypo|Hyper cast aside, cast away, cast out, chuck out, discard, dispose, put away, throw away, throw out, toss, toss away, toss out unlearn discard something previously learnt, like an old habit deep-six, give it the deep sixtoss out; get rid of jettisonthrow away, of something encumbering junk, scrap, trashdispose of (something useless or old) wasteget rid of dumpthrow away as refuse retiredispose of (something no longer useful or needed) abandonforsake, leave behind liquidize, sell out, sell upget rid of all one's merchandise de-accessdispose of by selling close outterminate by selling off or disposing of chuck, ditchthrow away dispense withforgo or do or go without forego, forfeit, forgo, give up, throw overboard, waivelose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime consigncommit forever; commit irrevocably get rid of, remove dispose of 3v move in an abrupt or headlong manner He flung himself onto the sofa Hyper move move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion 4n the act of flinging 2Hyper throw the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist) 1v indulge oneself Syn|Hyper splurge consume, squander, ware, waste spend extravagantly 2n a brief indulgence of your impulses 3Syn|Hypo|Hyper spree spending spree a brief period of extravagant spending intemperance, intemperateness, self-indulgence excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence n a usually brief attempt Syn|Hyper crack, go, offer, pass, whirl attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something |
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