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hurtle

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++hur·tle /ˈhɜːtl $ ˈhɜːr-/ verb [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]  FAST/QUICKif something, especially something big or heavy, hurtles somewhere, it moves or falls very fast 〔尤指巨大物体〕飞速移动,快速落下,猛冲 All of a sudden, a car came hurtling round the corner. 突然,一辆汽车从拐角处冲了出来。→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
hurtleThey drove through the brightly lit city streets of Tsimshatsui, and it was like hurtling back to earth through the atmosphere.Within seconds of hurtling down the runway the great plane was airborne.This gave me a great sense of freedom - and, just occasionally, I did hurtle down the street at night!It accelerated like one of those old twentieth century water-speed record breakers and hurtled over the water!A few moments later the ferry hurtles past.Still calling to Williams for a more precise location, Adams hurtled through Pine Ridge village at high speed.
Origin hurtle (1200-1300) hurt
hur·tle verbChineseSyllable
or something something, Corpus heavy, big especially if


hurtle
hurtle /ˈhɜːtl $ ˈhɜːr-/ verb [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]
 Date: 1200-1300
 Origin: hurt
if something, especially something big or heavy, hurtles somewhere, it moves or falls very fast:
    All of a sudden, a car came hurtling round the corner.


hur·tleBrE /ˈhɜːtl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈhɜːrtl/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they hurtle BrE /ˈhɜːtl/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈhɜːrtl/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it hurtles BrE /ˈhɜːtlz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈhɜːrtlz/ 🔊past simple hurtled BrE /ˈhɜːtld/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈhɜːrtld/ 🔊past participle hurtled BrE /ˈhɜːtld/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈhɜːrtld/ 🔊 -ing form hurtling BrE /ˈhɜːtlɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈhɜːrtlɪŋ/ 🔊 [intransitive] + adv./prep. to move very fast in a particular direction (向某个方向)飞驰,猛冲A runaway car came hurtling towards us. 一辆失控的汽车朝我们飞驰而来。🔊🔊