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单词 hurt
释义 hurt
I. \ˈhər]t, ˈhə̄], ˈhəi], usu ]d.+V\ verb
(hurt or dialect hurted ; hurt or dialect hurted ; hurting ; hurts)
Etymology: Middle English hurten, hirten to cause or allow to strike, injure, probably from Old French hurter to collide with, probably of Germanic origin; akin to Old Norse hrūtr ram (male sheep); akin to Old Norse hjörtr hart — more at hart
transitive verb
1.
 a. : to afflict with bodily pain : injure, wound
  < the hot sand hurts my feet >
  < was badly hurt in the wreck >
  < got hurt in a bombing raid >
 b. : to do physical or material harm to : damage, impair
  < the submarine is hurt by heavy depth charges >
  < the walkout is not hurting service as much as the strikers hoped >
 c. : to do substantial or fundamental harm to : weaken
  < the story is hurt but not ruined by too many long descriptive passages >
2.
 a. : to cause pain or anguish to : distress, offend
  < disillusions of the mind hurt less than disillusions of the heart — W.L.Sullivan >
  < was hurt by their lack of confidence in him >
  < it hurts me to think of all that land wasted — Ellen Glasgow >
 b. : to be detrimental to : check, hamper
  < the charges of graft will hurt his chances in the fall election >
  < a good wife can't help a husband as much as a bad wife can hurt one — W.H.Whyte >
intransitive verb
1.
 a. : to feel pain or frustration : ache, suffer
  < her hand … hurt from lugging the suitcase — John Dos Passos >
  < knocked a young heifer in the head because he … figured she had hurt long enough — Caroline Miller >
  < atomic-energy programs are hurting from lack of enough scientific help — Newsweek >
 b. chiefly Midland : to be in need : want
2. : to cause damage or distress : do harm
 < hit the aggressor … where it will hurt most — D.H.McLachlan >
 < essential needs abroad must be met even if it hurts at home — J.S.Carson >
 < the rain may hold off but it won't hurt to take your umbrella >
Synonyms: see injure
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English hurte, hurt, hirt, probably from Old French hurte shock of a collision, stroke, blow, from hurter to collide with
1. : a wounding blow or stroke : cause of injury or damage
 < the superiority … of the United States was a hurt to British prestige — Bernard Brodie >
 < this tower of granite, weathering the hurts of so many ages — R.W.Emerson >
2.
 a. : a bodily injury or wound
  < rattleweed, made into a tincture, is better than arnica for hurts of every sort — Emily Holt >
 b. : mental distress or anguish : resentment, suffering
  < are apt to be exasperated, and say things in immediate hurt which a little later they realize they do not wholly mean — A.E.Sutherland >
  < her sympathy eased his hurt >
3. : wrong, harm, disadvantage, detriment
 < his soul-stuff, by working on which a sorcerer may do the man himself grievous hurt — J.G.Frazer >
 < subordinating cosmic to moral considerations, to the hurt of both — M.R.Cohen >
Synonyms: see injury
III. adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from past participle of hurten, v.
1. : injured in body or spirit : wounded, resentful
 < ambulances … quickly dispose of hurt men and women — J.C.Powys >
 < an air of hurt innocence >
 < hoped to avoid hurt feelings over rejection of the plan >
2. : physically impaired : damaged
 < hurt book sale >
 < restore hurt land with woods, game cover, and water — Russell Lord >
IV. noun
also heurt or heurte \ˈhərt\
(-s)
Etymology: Middle French heurte, probably from heurter to collide with, knock, from Old French hurter to collide with; perhaps from the idea that it represents the mark of a blow
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