lurch

英 [lɜːtʃ] 美 [lɜːrtʃ]

• v. 突然倾斜；蹒跚地走；(突然感到恐怖或激动时心或胃)猛地一跳(或动)
• n. 举步蹒跚；突然倾斜

英英释义

Noun:

1. an unsteady uneven gait

2. a decisive defeat in a game (especially in cribbage)

3. abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance);

   "the pitching and tossing was quite exciting"
   

4. the act of moving forward suddenly

Verb:

1. walk as if unable to control one's movements;

   "The drunken man staggered into the room"
   

2. move abruptly;

   "The ship suddenly lurched to the left"
   

3. move slowly and unsteadily;

   "The truck lurched down the road"
   

4. loiter about, with no apparent aim

5. defeat by a lurch

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. Suddenly the horse lurched to one side and the child fell off.
   马突然歪向一边，小孩就摔了下来。
2. Their relationship seems to lurch from one crisis to the next.
   他们的关系好像坎坷不平，危机不断。
3. The man lurched drunkenly out of the pub.
   那男人醉醺醺地踉跄着走出了酒吧。

用作名词 (n.)

1. The ship gave a lurch to starboard.
   船突然向右侧倾斜。
2. His heart gave a lurch when he saw her.
   他见到她时心怦然一跳。
3. The lurch of the small boat make her sick to her stomach.
   小船摇摇晃晃，颠得她想呕吐。

经典引文

• Every lurch..sent a spasm of agonizing pain coursing through his body.

  出自： M. Scammell

• A lurch of panic as he realises he may be about to hear her voice.

  出自： K. Waterhouse

• The car lurched and bumped in the great gaps.

  出自： D. H. Lawrence

• Halliday was..lurching unsteadily in my direction, bottle in one hand and glass in the other.

  出自： A. MacLean

• In the fickle fashion of the very drunk, they lurched away into the night.

  出自： P. L. Fermor

• The boat lurched dangerously in the rocky inlet.

  出自： J. Fuller

词汇搭配

• leave sb in the lurch 在某人危难时舍弃不顾...
• leave sb. in the lurch 在某人有难时离去...
• to lie upon the lurch 潜伏
• give a lurch 撒谎
• to lie of the lurch 潜伏
• to lie on the lurch 潜伏

近反义词

【近义词】

• roll 卷
• pitch 球场
• rock 岩石
• stagger 蹒跚
• reel 卷
• stumble 绊倒
• heave 用力举起
• motion 移动
• topple 使倒塌
• listing 名单
• tumble 暴跌
• toss 投掷
• tip 小费
• sway 摇动
• wobble 摆动
• tilt (使)倾斜
• list 目录
• totter 蹒跚
• falter 动摇
• stammer 口吃
• wallow 打滚
• swing 摇摆
• lunge 刺
• pitching [棒球]投掷
• keel (船的)龙骨
• skunk 臭鼬
• prowl 潜行以觅食
• shift 移动
• swag <古俚>赃物
• careen (船)倾斜