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单词 lurches
释义

lurch1 /lûrch/

intransitive verb

To roll or pitch suddenly forward or to one side

noun

A sudden roll or pitch

ORIGIN: Origin obscure

lurch2 /lûrch/

noun
  1. An old game, probably like backgammon
  2. In various games, a situation in which one side fails to score at all, or is left far behind
  3. A discomfiture
transitive verb
  1. To defeat by a lurch
  2. To outdo so as to deprive of all chance (Shakespeare)
  3. To leave in the lurch
ORIGIN: OFr lourche

leave someone in the lurch

To leave someone in a difficult situation without help

lurch3 /lûrch/

noun (archaic or dialect)

Wait, ambush

transitive verb (archaic)
  1. To forestall
  2. To defraud, to overreach
  3. To filch
ORIGIN: Connection with lurk difficult; influenced appar by lurch2

lurchˈer noun

  1. Someone who lurches (archaic or dialect)
  2. A glutton (obsolete)
  3. A dog with a distinct cross of greyhound, esp a cross of greyhound and collie

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