rush1 /rʌʃ/ ●●● S2 W3 verb 1 move quickly 快速移动 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]HURRY to move very quickly, especially because you need to be somewhere very soon 〔尤因赶路而〕急速行进,冲,奔 SYN hurry A small girl rushed past her. 一个小女孩从她身边匆匆经过。
Mo rushed off down the corridor. 莫匆匆走过走廊。
► see thesaurus at hurry 2 rush to do something HURRYto do something very quickly and without delay 赶忙[赶紧]做某事 I rushed to pack my suitcase before she came back. 趁她还没回来,我赶紧把手提箱收拾好。
He rushed to help his comrade. 他赶紧去帮他的同事。
3 do STH too quickly 仓促做某事 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]HURRY to do or decide something too quickly, especially so that you do not have time to do it carefully or well 仓促行事;匆匆决定 He does not intend to rush his decision. 他不想仓促作出决定。
rush into I’m not rushing into marriage again. 我不急于再婚。
rush through She rushed through her script. 她匆匆读完稿子。
rush it/things When we first met, neither of us wanted to rush things. 我们刚认识时,谁也不想心太急。
4 take/send urgently 迅速带走/送出 [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]HURRY to take or send someone or something somewhere very quickly, especially because of an unexpected problem 〔尤因意外事件而〕急送〔某人或某物去某处〕rush somebody/something to something The Red Cross rushed medical supplies to the war zone. 红十字会将医疗物资火速送往战区。
Dan was rushed to hospital with serious head injuries. 丹因头部重伤被急速送往医院。
5 make SB hurry 催促某人 [transitiveT]HURRY to try to make someone do something more quickly than they want to 催促,使赶紧 I’m sorry to rush you, but we need a decision by Friday. 很抱歉催你,不过我们得在星期五之前作出决定。
rush somebody into (doing) something They felt they were being rushed into choosing a new leader. 他们觉得自己是被催着去选一位新领导。
6 liquid 液体 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] if water or another liquid rushes somewhere, it moves quickly 〔水或其他液体〕快速流动 Water rushed through the gorge. 水流冲过峡谷。
→4 See picture of 见图 FLOWER 1 7 BLOOD 血液blood rushes to somebody’s face/cheeks used to say that someone’s face becomes red because they feel embarrassed 〔因尴尬〕某人的脸/面颊涨红 I felt the blood rush to my face as I heard my name. 听到我的名字,我感到自己一下子涨红了脸。
8 attack 攻击 [transitiveT]ATTACK to attack a person or place suddenly and in a group 〔一伙人〕突然袭击 They rushed the guard and stole his keys. 他们突袭卫兵并偷走了他的钥匙。
9 American universities 美国大学 American EnglishAmE a) [transitiveT]SEC to give parties for students, have meetings etc, in order to decide whether to let them join your fraternity or sorority (=type of club) 〔大学生联谊会通过舞会、聚会等〕招纳,吸引〔新会员〕 b) [intransitiveI, transitiveT]SEC to go through the process of trying to be accepted into one of these clubs 争取加入〔大学生联谊会〕
10. American football 美式橄榄球 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]DSF to carry the ball forward 带(球)跑动,跑动带(球) 11 rush around (also rush about British English) phrasal verbphr v HURRYto try to do a lot of things in a short period of time 〔在短时间内〕赶做许多事;匆匆忙忙地做,奔忙 Get things ready early so that you don’t have to rush around at the last minute. 早点把东西准备好,以免在最后时刻匆匆忙忙的。
12 rush something ↔ out phrasal verbphr v BBTto make a new product, book etc available for sale very quickly 赶制〔新产品〕;赶印〔书〕 The new edition was rushed out just before Christmas. 新版正好赶在圣诞节前推出。
13 rush something ↔ through phrasal verbphr v PGPto deal with official or government business more quickly than usual 匆匆地处理〔公务〕rush something through something The legislation was rushed through parliament. 这项法规在议会仓促通过。
n THESAURUSrush to move very quickly, especially because you need to be somewhere soonHe was rushing out of his office in order to go to a meeting.
There’s no need to rush - we have plenty of time.
hurry to do something or go somewhere more quickly than usual, especially because there is not much timePeople hurried into stores to escape the rain.
You ll have to hurry or we 'll be late for breakfast
I hurried through the rest of my workout and showered as quickly as I could.
race to go somewhere as fast as you canShe raced downstairs to tell her mother.
He raced back to his car and called for help.
tear to run very quickly and without really looking where you are going, because you are in a hurryI saw two boys tearing across the field towards the tree.
He tore down the stairs and out of the house.
They tore out of the building.
dash to run somewhere very fast, especially only a short distanceBob dashed across the road to his friend’s house.
Her heart was pumping furiously as she dashed through the kitchen to the front door.
I dashed outside to try to rescue the unfortunate creature.
hustle American EnglishAmE informal to hurry when you are doing something or going somewhereYou better hustle or you’re going to miss the school bus.
hasten literary to hurry somewhere, especially because you need to do somethingSuddenly frightened, she hastened back to where her friends were standing.
She took a deep breath and then hastened after him.