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headlong

/hed-lawng, -long/US // ˈhɛdˌlɔŋ, -ˌlɒŋ //UK // (ˈhɛdˌlɒŋ) //

昂首阔步,昂首挺胸,一路走来,一路向前

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Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : with the head foremost; headfirst: to plunge headlong into the water.
    • : without delay; hastily: to plunge headlong into work.
    • : without deliberation; rashly: to rush headlong into battle.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : undertaken quickly and suddenly; made precipitately; hasty: a headlong flight.
    • : rash; impetuous: a headlong denunciation.
    • : done or going with the head foremost: a headlong dive into the pool.

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Examples

  • I was now going headlong into the world of bushcraft and survivalism.

  • Edmond Freeman recruited journalists from across the country, encouraged in-depth reporting, and pushed the paper headlong into several controversial topics.

  • “We like to say we only catch the stupid bats,” she told me — the ones that fly headlong into this obvious trap and don’t immediately bite their way out afterward.

  • For the vast majority of Americans, though, life after the pandemic seemed to be a headlong rush to normalcy.

  • With that information in hand, the headlong race toward a vaccine began.

  • In our headlong quest for a legally perfect society, we don’t take the time to take stock of what‘s been created so far.

  • In the first chapter, rebellious Holly Sykes runs away from home and headlong into the melancholy perils of first love.

  • Ultra-rich people who launch a headlong retreat from political affairs will not be immune.

  • But this headlong rush towards legalization makes him a little uneasy, too.

  • But the headlong rush to drill has caused a number of social and environmental consequences that are just too startling to ignore.

  • Nearly all the mutineers swung round and galloped headlong for the landward boundary of the paddy field.

  • And they that call this people blessed, shall cause them to err: and they that are called blessed, shall be thrown down, headlong.

  • He did not stop until he dashed headlong into a thicket, far away to the right of their line of march.

  • A man throws up his arms and tumbles headlong, but those that live dash on.

  • Our prisoner's was perhaps the most startling name which could have been pronounced among those high-blooded and headlong men.