| 单词 | hustle |
| 释义 | hus·tle I. transitive verb 1. < hustle pennies in a hat > 2. a. < in the cell into which we were hustled were forty or fifty Negroes — R.M.Lovett > specifically < they hustle old gentlemen; the old gentleman glances down, his watch is gone — E.M.Forster > b. < grabbed him by the arm and hustled him out the door — John Dos Passos > < hustle freight aboard the scow — N.C.McDonald > < allow himself to be hustled across the frontier — F.A.Ogg & Harold Zink > c. < hustle the tourist from one museum to the next > < hustle your horse and don't say die — W.S.Gilbert > < trying to hustle history along — N.E.Nelson > 3. a. < hustled new customers — Time > < hustled himself a job as a section hand — Pearl Puckett > b. < a waiter has to learn … that he must not hustle the customers — Robert Sylvester > < they hustle them for drinks — A.J.Liebling > < played it safe by hustling both sides of the street — Nelson Algren > c. < made the rounds of lovers' lanes … hustling the occupants of parked cars — C.L.Lamson > < hustles schoolboys out of their lunch money with phony dice — Nelson Algren > specifically intransitive verb 1. < curious throngs hustle to the scene of the crime > < someone hustled against him in the crowd > 2. < urged her to hustle across the street before the light changed > < ten miles of track a day were laid by hustling crews — R.A.Billington > 3. a. < our quartet was out hustling … and we knew we stood good to take in a lot of change before the night was over — Louis Armstrong > < diesel boats hustle at the docks — H.G.Nickels > b. < there are fewer girls working in houses than there are hustling on the streets — Polly Adler > 4. II. 1. 2. a. < increase of leisure, diminution of hustle, are the ends to be sought — Bertrand Russell > < the hustle and bustle in construction of motels — A.L.Himbert > b. < get a hustle on to stockpile these essential materials — Congressional Record > 3. slang a. b. (1) (2) |
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