race2 ●●● S3 W3 verb 1 sport 体育运动 a) [intransitiveI, transitiveT]DSCOMPETE WITH/TRY TO BEAT to compete against someone or something in a race (和…)比赛race against She’ll be racing against some of the world’s top athletes. 她将与一些世界顶尖运动员一决高下。
race in Stevens will not be racing in the final due to a knee injury. 史蒂文斯由于膝伤将不能参加决赛。
race somebody up/down something etc I’ll race you to the end of the road. 我和你比,看谁先跑到路的尽头。
b) [transitiveT]DS to use an animal or a vehicle to compete in a race 使〔动物或车辆〕参加比赛 He will be racing a Ferrari in this year’s Formula One championships. 他将驾驶法拉利参加今年的一级方程式锦标赛。
2 move quickly 快速移动 [intransitiveI, transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]MOVE something OR somebody to move very quickly or take someone or something to a place very quickly 快速移动;把…急送〔到某处〕 He raced into the village on his bike. 他骑着自行车飞快地进了村。
I had to race home for my bag. 我不得不飞奔回家取我的包。
race somebody to something etc She was raced to hospital. 她被迅速送往医院。
race to do something He raced to meet her. 他飞奔过去迎她。
► see thesaurus at run 3 do STH quickly 快速做某事 [intransitiveI] to try to do something very quickly because you want to be the first to do it, or because there is very little time available 匆忙做;赶着做;争先做race to do something Investors are racing to buy shares in the new hi-tech companies. 投资者争相购买这些新兴高科技公司的股份。
race against time/the clock The astronauts are racing against time to repair the spaceship. 宇航员正在抓紧抢修宇宙飞船。
4 heart/mind 心/头脑 [intransitiveI]MIWORRIED if your heart or mind races, it works harder and faster than usual, for example because you are afraid or excited 〔心脏〕急速跳动;〔头脑〕快速运转 My heart was racing and my knees shook uncontrollably. 我的心跳加速,膝盖也不由自主地打起战来。
My mind was racing, trying to think where I had seen him before. 我的脑子飞速转动,努力回想以前在哪儿见过他。
5. engine 发动机 [intransitiveI]TTCTEM if an engine races, it runs too fast 猛转
race• Turner grabbed the ball and raced 65 yards for a touchdown.• Trent woke at three a.m., his heart racing.• At one time for example she was reported to have been racing around Melbourne in a brand new pink sports car.• Mr Sammler seen seeing was still in rapid currents with his heart. like an escaping creature racing away from him.• Another one races by, touches my hand, and keeps running.• Schumacher will be racing in the Monaco Grand Prix.• On days like today they get the chance to race it.• As a contest it was neither designed to set the pulses racing nor win converts.• In two weeks, they race over 1,000 miles.• Some kids were racing rubber ducks in the stream.• Every Kentucky Derby winner since 1984 already had raced three or four times as a 3-year-old. race to do something• Subsequent versions of Navigator had even more enhancements, and competitors began racing to add them to their browsers.• Kylesku was notorious, and approaching cars raced to be in the front of the queue to avoid a frustrating wait.• The agency is racing to cap the area before more winter rain.• Gabriel had cut inside the turn and was racing to meet them on their other flank.• It is an unusual technological challenge to be certain of the market and racing to produce the chemical to meet it.• Panting, Auguste raced to the corner convinced he would see it on the next stretch.• I race to the phone book and... there he is.