lurch

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n. 惨败, 倾斜, 挫折, 举步蹒跚, 徘徊 vi. 惨败, 倾斜, 徘徊 vt. 击败

发音

UK /lɜːt͡ʃ/
US /lɜɹt͡ʃ/

词形变化

lurches 复数 lurches 三单 lurching 现在分词 lurched 过去式 lurched 过去分词

别名

lorch

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A sudden or unsteady movement.

    踉跄

    the lurch of a ship, or of a drunkard

  2. 1.

    A lift or heave.

    方言
  3. 1.

    A predicament or difficult situation.

    可数 不可数

    to leave someone in the lurch

  4. 2.

    An old game played with dice and counters; a variety of the game of tables.

    可数 不可数
  5. 3.

    A double score in cribbage for the winner when their adversary has not yet pegged their 31st hole.

    可数 不可数

    August 14, 1784, Horace Walpole, letter to the Hon. H. S. Conway Lady Blandford has cried her eyes out on losing a lurch.

v.
  1. 1.

    To make such a sudden, unsteady movement.

  2. 1.

    To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up.

    废旧
  3. 1.

    To evade by stooping; to lurk; lie in wait; go about in a sneaking way.

    方言 不及物
  4. 2.

    To take by surprise; to unexpectedly detain.

    方言 不及物
  5. 3.

    To rob.

    废旧 及物
  6. 1.

    To leave someone in the lurch; to cheat.

    废旧 及物
  7. 2.

    To defeat in the game of cribbage with a lurch (double score as explained under noun entry).

    及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

pitch pitching stumble stagger lunge

上位词 7

move movement defeat motion licking gait motility

下位词 4

rock sway tilt careen
动词

同义词 9

shift pitch reel skunk keel swag prowl stagger careen

上位词 10

go move walk travel defeat overcome lounge loaf linger lurk

相关短语

leave someone in the lurch left in the lurch leaves someone in the lurch leaving someone in the lurch left someone in the lurch

词源

Originally a nautical term, found in lee-larches (“the sudden and violent rolls of a ship to the leeward in high seas”), of unknown origin. Possibly the same as lurch (“to move stealthily, evade by stooping”) (see below), or from French lâcher (“to let go”).

来源：wiktionary