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hurl

/hurl/US // hɜrl //UK // (hɜːl) //

投掷,投掷炸弹,投掷硬币,投掷飞镖

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to throw or fling with great force or vigor.
    • : to throw or cast down.
    • : to utter with vehemence: to hurl insults at the umpire.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to throw a missile.
    • : Baseball. to pitch a ball.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a forcible or violent throw; fling.

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Examples

  • But for true diva status, you need to hurl a phone at an assistant (Naomi Campbell).

  • One landlord even paid somebody to hurl a Molotov cocktail into an apartment just to smoke out tenants and jack up rents.

  • “You demand loyalty from people, but you never show it,” he complained to the boss, prompting Ailes to hurl a water bottle at him.

  • When it comes to the Syria conflict, recent developments may hurl us off the cliff.

  • Faking an illness is an accusation you would hurl at a third grader who wants to stay home from school.

  • It needed only an exertion of will for the soul to hurl the body ashore as wind drives paper; to waft it kite-fashion to the bank.

  • He waited until he was old and cold to hurl anathema against the human passions.

  • The most skilful in this exercise are some species of baboons, which can hurl branches, stones, or hard clods with much dexterity.

  • He could fly level now; every unit of force could be used for forward flight to hurl him onward faster and faster into the night.

  • Again an ague of beauty caught him, and he needed to hurl himself full length upon the mats until the ecstacy was past.