lurch

verb

/lɜːtʃ/

/lɜːrtʃ/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they lurch	/lɜːtʃ/ /lɜːrtʃ/
he / she / it lurches	/ˈlɜːtʃɪz/ /ˈlɜːrtʃɪz/
past simple lurched	/lɜːtʃt/ /lɜːrtʃt/
past participle lurched	/lɜːtʃt/ /lɜːrtʃt/
-ing form lurching	/ˈlɜːtʃɪŋ/ /ˈlɜːrtʃɪŋ/

[intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) to make a sudden, unsteady movement forward or to one side突然前倾（或向一侧倾斜） synonym stagger, sway
- 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。
- The man lurched drunkenly out of the pub.那男人醉醺醺地踉跄着走出了酒吧。
- (figurative) 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。
- A man lurched into her office.一个男人跌跌撞撞地闯进她的办公室。
- He lurched towards the door.他蹒跚着朝门走去。
- The drunk lurched to his feet and tried to follow us.那个醉汉猛地站起来，试图跟上我们。
- Suddenly the train lurched violently.突然，火车剧烈地晃动起来。
- The bus lurched along the mountain road.公共汽车沿着山路颠簸前行。
- The car lurched forward.汽车突然猛地向前动了一下。
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- violently
- slightly
- suddenly
- …
preposition
- along
- into
- towards/toward
- …
phrases
- lurch to your feet
[intransitive] if your heart or stomach lurches, you have a sudden feeling of fear or excitement（突然感到恐怖或激动时心或胃）猛地一跳（或动）Topics Feelingsc2

词源verb late 17th cent. (as a noun denoting the sudden leaning of a ship to one side): of unknown origin.

noun

/lɜːtʃ/

/lɜːrtʃ/

[usually singular]Idioms

Idioms

leave somebody in the lurch

(informal) to fail to help somebody when they are relying on you to do so（在某人需要帮助时）弃之不顾
- I’m sorry to leave you in the lurch but I can’t do the presentation with you this afternoon.我很抱歉丢下你不管，可今天下午我不能和你一起做简报会。
- She felt she had been left in the lurch by all her colleagues.她觉得自己被所有同事丢下不管了。
Topics Difficulty and failurec2