lurch

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++lurch1 /lɜːtʃ $ lɜːrtʃ/ verb [intransitive]  1  MOVE/CHANGE POSITIONto walk or move suddenly in an uncontrolled or unsteady way 突然不稳地行走[移动]，蹒跚而行lurch forward/to/towards/into etc Sam hit the gas and the car lurched forward. 萨姆踩下油门，汽车猛地向前冲去。 He lurched to his feet. 他猛地站了起来。2  your heart/stomach lurches FRIGHTENEDused to say that your heart or stomach seems to move suddenly because you feel shocked, frightened etc 〔因震惊、惊恐等而〕感到心猛地一跳/胃里猛地翻腾了一下 Virginia’s heart lurched painfully in her chest. 弗吉尼娅胸口一阵疼痛。3  lurch from one crisis/extreme etc to another  (also lurch from crisis to crisis)PLAN to seem to have no plan and no control over what you are doing 感到束手无策，无法控制局面 The industry lurches from crisis to crisis. 这个行业危机不断。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

lurch• With an angry clang the machine lurched and rocked out even more.• Certainly his career has lurched chaotically, Gilliam says.• The truck smashed into the barrier, broke through it, lurched down an embankment.• The chassis lurched forward and then back sharply, knocking the four passengers off balance.• Paul lurched sideways as the boat rolled suddenly.• By the time they were lurching slowly along the cart track the wind had dropped, letting the clouds gather.• As the developer lurched toward bankruptcy, Prudential tried to renege on the deal.• Then, hunching his shoulders against the pounding rain, he lurched towards the barn.• Harriet lurched towards the bathroom, clutching her stomach in pain.• The Ship lurched up the hillside, straining at the indignity of restraint.lurch forward/to/towards/into etc• His foot shot to the brake and the car lurched to a stop before he could turn.• Sinaloa state, at least, has lurched into action.• The chassis lurched forward and then back sharply, knocking the four passengers off balance.• And then, with the sun on her, she lurched forward as a shot rang out from below.• Is that what we really want, before we irreversibly lurch into it?• He could see their pale faces watching Jekub lurch towards them.• It was a bright day and the official Zil lurched towards them.• Just as I was about to jump, the driver hit the gas and lurched forward, throwing me off.lurch2 noun [countable]  1  MOVE/CHANGE POSITIONa sudden movement 突然的移动 The train gave a violent lurch. 火车突然剧烈地晃了一下。2. leave somebody in the lurch to leave someone at a time when you should stay and help them 危难时弃某人于不顾

Examples from the Corpus

lurch• "I felt a lurch and then a big bump, " one resident said of the earthquake.• He was slew-footed and walked with an energetic lurch.• My stomach gave an involuntary lurch.• But they adopted it in the first place because Labour's lurch to the left drove them away from their old allegiance.• I waited for the lurch of dismounting troopers as the skids neared the ground.• The non-commissioned officers of the garrison on learning that they had been left in the lurch seized four of the remaining leaders.• How can we leave them in the lurch, in their teens, like that?Origin lurch2 1. (1800-1900) Origin unknown. 2. (1500-1600) lurch “defeat in the card game cribbage” ((16-21 centuries)), perhaps from early French lourche a game similar to backgammon

lurch1 verblurch2 nounChinese  

or Corpus in to walk an uncontrolled unsteady or suddenly move

lurch

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lurch¹ /lɜːtʃ $ lɜːrtʃ/ verb [intransitive]
1. to walk or move suddenly in an uncontrolled or unsteady way
    lurch forward/to/towards/into etc
    Sam hit the gas and the car lurched forward.
    He lurched to his feet.
2. your heart/stomach lurches used to say that your heart or stomach seems to move suddenly because you feel shocked, frightened etc:
    Virginia’s heart lurched painfully in her chest.
3. lurch from one crisis/extreme etc to another (also lurch from crisis to crisis) to seem to have no plan and no control over what you are doing:
    The industry lurches from crisis to crisis.

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lurch² noun [countable]1. a sudden movement:
    The train gave a violent lurch.
2. leave somebody in the lurch to leave someone at a time when you should stay and help them