| 释义 |
rush1 /rush/ intransitive verb- To move forward with haste, impetuosity or rashness
- To flow, spread, etc quickly, suddenly or forcefully
- To run with the ball, or gain ground by so doing (American football)
transitive verb- To force out of place
- To hasten or hustle forward, or into any action
- To move, transport, drive or push in great haste
- To capture, secure, surmount or pass by a rush
- To provide a series of social entertainments for (a freshman) as an inducement to join a fraternity or sorority (US)
- To defraud (informal)
- To overcharge (informal)
noun- A swift impetuous forward movement
- A sudden simultaneous or general movement (eg a gold rush)
- An onset
- A stampede
- A move to push through a line of defenders while in possession of the ball (rugby and American football)
- A migratory movement or body
- A run upon, or sudden great demand for, anything
- (in pl) an unedited print of a motion picture scene or series of scenes for immediate viewing by the film makers
- The viewing of such a print
- Rapidly increased activity
- Bustling activity
- A series of social entertainments provided for prospective members of a fraternity or sorority (N American)
- A feeling of euphoria experienced after the taking of a drug, eg heroin or amphetamine (slang)
- A sound of rushing
- A collective name for a group of pochards
adjective (informal)Done or needing to be done quickly, such as rush job, rush order, etc ORIGIN: Anglo-Fr russcher, OFr reusser, reüser, ruser (Fr ruser); see ruse rusheeˈ noun (US) A prospective member of a fraternity or sorority taking part in a rush rushˈer noun - A person or thing that rushes
- A player who specializes in rushing (American football)
rush hour noun One of the times during the day of maximum movement of people or traffic rushˈ-hour adjective rushed off one's feet Frantically busy rush one's fences To act precipitately rush2 /rush/ noun- Any plant of the grasslike marsh-growing genus Juncus
- A stalk or round stalklike leaf of such a plant
- Extended to various more or less similar plants (eg bulrush, clubrush, Dutch rush)
- A rushlight, a rush wick
- A type of something of no value or importance
- A rush ring (Shakespeare)
adjective Of rush or rushes transitive verb To make or strew with rushes intransitive verb To gather rushes ORIGIN: OE risce; Ger Risch rushˈen adjective (archaic) Made of rushes rushˈiness noun rushˈlike adjective rushˈy adjective - Rushlike
- Full of or made of rushes
rush bearing noun - A traditional annual festival in rural N England marked by carrying rushes to strew the local church
- The day of this festival
rushˈ-bottomed adjective (of a chair, etc) having a seat made with rushes rush candle or rushˈlight noun - A candle or night-light having a wick of rush-pith
- A small, feeble light
rushˈ-grown adjective Overgrown with rushes rush holder noun A stand for a rushlight rush ring noun A ring of plaited rush, formerly sometimes used as an improvised wedding ring rushˈy-fringed adjective |