sprint along/across/up etc• He sprinted along the bank and plunged into the freezing chest-deep water as the 15-month-old boyfloated quickly away, face down.• Trent sprinted up the dock and spotted the President's granddaughter.• But surely, a speaker could have conveyed an impression of athleticism simply by saying that they sprinted up the hill.• I pulled up my coatcollar and sprinted along the platform and into the shelter of the waiting room.• And then, suddenly, we all saw him, sprinting across the road towards us.• He fairly sprinted up the stairs, and scarcely paused at the top although clearly short of breath.• When she moved, a bright green lizardsprinted up the wall and vanished.
1[countableC]DSO a short race in which the runners, riders, swimmers etc move very fast over a short distance 短距离速度比赛;短跑比赛
the 100-metre sprint
100 米短跑
2[singular]RUN a short period of running or moving very fast 快速奔跑[移动]
He made a desperate sprint for the train.
他拼命地飞奔,追赶火车。
Examples from the Corpus
sprint• They chose Alex for the last leg of the relay race because he was an excellentsprinter.• If anyone on the line misses, the whole line has to do a sprint.• The season is a marathon, not a sprint.• He broke into a breathlesssprint.• Intermediatesprints help towards this prize and the peloton will be split time and again.• This agrees with the observation that human marathons are won at about half the speed of 100 msprints.• And the winner of a masssprint is a brave winner indeed.• a 200-metersprint• I beat my personal best for the 25-metresprint.• I made a quicksprint to the local shop for some coffee.• It took 61 minutes to turn the car around and position it at the start of the course for the second sprint.