hurtling
present participle ofhurtle
| 单词 | hurtling |
| 释义 | hurtling present participle ofhurtle hurtle verb[Iusually+ adv/prep] uk/ˈhɜː.təl/us/ˈhɝː.t̬əl/tomoveveryfast,especiallyin a way thatseemsdangerous: Thetruckcame hurtling towards us. Theexplosionsentpiecesofmetalandglasshurtling through theair. Synonym lunge to move fast
to run
Moving quickly
Examplesofhurtlinghurtling In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The water molecules that form that river are forever in flux,hurtlingdown to the sea, eventually merging with it within days or weeks. From theCambridge English Corpus For those who enjoy the occasional frisson of mindnumbing fear, the ultimate adrenaline rush is a mountainhurtlingfrom the sky. From theCambridge English Corpus You now face the allegedly new problem of an illuminated trolley'shurtlingtowards the five. From theCambridge English Corpus An out-of-control trolley ishurtlingdown a track. From theCambridge English Corpus Our trolley ishurtlingdown the track, and we are approaching a junction where we have to choose between two tracks that both disappear into the distance. From theCambridge English Corpus Is it such a wonder that such a profound intrusion into ongoing neural activity should not knock off shards of memory and send themhurtlinginto awareness? From theCambridge English Corpus The country is not drifting buthurtlingto an economic crisis of first magnitude, the greatest crisis in time of peace. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If they arehurtlingtowards the ground at 120 miles an hour, they would like to know that there is no one directly underneath them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The problem with this train is that both of its drivers jumped out of the cab as it washurtlingalong the tracks. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It would be much truer to say that we arehurtlingtoward collision in nuclear juggernauts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We are—or should be, at any rate—hurtlinginto the third industrial revolution. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Imagine what will happen to the millions of pounds, ecu, or whatever, that will gohurtlinginto those countries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They have also conjured up images of our modern day health care systemhurtlingtowards an imminent and inevitable doomsday. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The trade balance deficit is nowhurtlingits way down into the region of £2,000 million a year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It sometimes feels that you are on a pinball machine,hurtlingfrom one thing to another. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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