| 单词 | hurry |
| 释义 | hur·ry I. transitive verb 1. a. < an ambulance hurried him to the hospital > < the quest to discover whither modern science is hurrying us — Howard M. Jones > < fishing for either species don't hurry your lure — L.S.Marceau > b. archaic < that hard-to-be-governed passion of youth hurried me frequently into intrigues with low women — Benjamin Franklin > 2. dialect England < I've been very much hurried this morning; for I've just learned of the death of my old friend — A.B.Evans > 3. a. < heard the train coming and hurried his pace > < used his spurs to hurry the horse > < hates to be hurried at mealtime > b. < hurry dinner by doing the meat in the pressure cooker > < electronic machines hurry the sorting of data > < cultural exchange can hurry the development of world understanding > specifically < some of the most perfect passages are hurried over as if they were a mistake on the composer's part — Warwick Braithwaite > intransitive verb < we'll have to hurry if we want to see the curtain go up > < sheep … stared at her through the hurrying snowflakes — Ellen Glasgow > — often used with an adverb to lend emphasis or indicate direction < hurry up or you'll miss the train > < small launches hurrying back and forth — Tom Marvel > < a stiff northwest wind was blowing and patches of clouds hurried by — H.H.Arnold & I.C.Eaker > < the nation hurried forward along the path of … consolidation — V.L.Parrington > Synonyms: see speed II. 1. a. < the incessant hurry and trivial activity of daily life … seem to prevent, or at least discourage, quiet and intense thinking — C.W.Eliot > b. dialect Britain 2. a. obsolete < there is nothing like hurrying the body, to divert the hurry of the mind — Francis Fuller > b. now dialect 3. < the hurry of water or languor of sand — Michael Sayers > 4. a. < the blind hurry of the universe — Bertrand Russell > b. < it was going to be a wonderful party and she was in a hurry to get there > < they were all good reporters; but they were all in too big a hurry, for fear somebody else would beat them to it — Elmer Davis > 5. Synonyms: see haste • - in a hurry |
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