headlong

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a. 头向前的, 仓猝而用力的, 轻率的 adv. 头向前地, 猛然地, 用力地

发音

UK /ˈhɛd.lɒŋ/
US /ˈhɛd.lɔŋ/
/ˈhɛd.lɑŋ/

词形变化

headlonged headlonging headlongs 三单 headlonging 现在分词 headlonged 过去式 headlonged 过去分词 more headlong 比较级 most headlong 最高级

教材释义与例句

形容词

轻率的；头向前的；匆促而用力的

副词

头向前地；猛然用力地

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To precipitate.

    及物
adj.
  1. 1.

    Precipitous.

  2. 2.

    Plunging downwards head foremost.

  3. 3.

    Rushing forward without restraint.

  4. 4.

    Reckless; impetuous.

    比喻
adv.
  1. 1.

    With the head first or down.

  2. 2.

    With an unrestrained forward motion.

    Figures out today show the economy plunging headlong into recession.

  3. 3.

    Rashly; precipitately; without deliberation; in haste, hastily.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 2

hasty headfirst

近义相关 2

forward hurried
副词

同义词 3

rashly headfirst precipitately

词源

From Middle English hedlong, alteration of hedling, heedling, hevedlynge (“headlong”), assimilated to long. More at headling.

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