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lurch

/lurch/US // lɜrtʃ //UK // (lɜːtʃ) //

蹒跚而行,蹒跚学步,蹒跚,蹒跚的脚步

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an act or instance of swaying abruptly.
    • : an awkward, swaying or staggering motion or gait.
    • : a sudden tip or roll to one side, as of a ship or a staggering person.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to make a lurch; move with lurches; stagger: The wounded man lurched across the room.
    • : to roll or pitch suddenly.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbmove toward with jerk
Forms: lurched, lurching

Examples

  • She considered quitting, but didn’t want to leave her co-producer and other show staff members in the lurch.

  • In the latest episode of Groundhog Day, Congress failed to reach a deal on a stimulus package, leaving investors—not to mention millions of struggling American families—in the lurch.

  • When in doubt, go for the best air fryer with a higher capacity, so you’re not left in the lurch if you find yourself in need of quickly preparing a party-size batch of food.

  • There were weird lurches forward and back in the aid people got.

  • Besides the users, the ban also left more than 200,000 influencers in the lurch.

  • That will leave troops in a lurch when the F-35 eventually becomes the only game in town.

  • But his lumbering lurch toward the Ted Cruz tin-foil-hat convention should instead be an object lesson for Republicans to come.

  • The crowd began to lurch violently, as small motions rippled out into panicked attempts to break away.

  • The United States cannot simply walk away from the plain meaning of the Budapest Memorandum and leave Ukraine in the lurch.

  • So as we lurch toward the next “fail-safe” milestone, there must be a way out for both sides.

  • Then came the turn of the Manchesters, left in the lurch, with their right flank hanging in the air.

  • "Happier—and safer," she said gravely, the canoe giving a dangerous lurch as she leaned forward in her seat to catch my answer.

  • They had not pulled fifty yards from their late home when she gave a sudden lurch to port and went down stern foremost.

  • Now and then a lurch of the train flung her against Harney, and through her thin muslin she felt the touch of his sleeve.

  • He woke up in time to lurch after her and he got his shoulder into the door-opening before she could slide it shut.