sprint

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sprint1 /sprɪnt/ verb [intransitive]  1  DSRUNto run very fast for a short distance 〔短距离〕快速奔跑，冲刺 → jogsprint along/across/up etc Bill sprinted up the steps. 比尔飞奔着跑上台阶。► see thesaurus at run2. to ride, swim etc very fast for a short distance 〔骑车、游泳等短距离〕（全速）冲刺→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

sprint• Always a keen driver, his first taste of competition saw him sprinting a dark green Sunbeam Talbot MkIII in 1956.• He gathered these up and sprinted after her.• Athletes who have been trained to sprint aren't usually very good at running long distances.• Margaret sprinted down the street, almost collapsing when she reached us.• The bus driver must have seen me sprinting for the bus, but he drove off.• Janir sprinted forward, then hesitated.• She barreled down the runway, sprinting full speed.• Certainly, the last two decades have been years in which federal policy has sprinted in their direction.• He was even known occasionally to sprint on the spot.• All the tension Gascoigne had been suffering was suddenly released, and he celebrated by sprinting to the sidelines.sprint along/across/up etc• He sprinted along the bank and plunged into the freezing chest-deep water as the 15-month-old boy floated 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 coat collar 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 lizard sprinted up the wall and vanished.

Related topics: Other sports

sprint2 noun  1  [countable]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 excellent sprinter.• 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 breathless sprint.• Intermediate sprints 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 m sprints.• And the winner of a mass sprint is a brave winner indeed.• a 200-meter sprint• I beat my personal best for the 25-metre sprint.• I made a quick sprint 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.Origin sprint1 (1500-1600) From a Scandinavian language

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sprint¹ /sprɪnt/ verb [intransitive]1. to run very fast for a short distance ⇨ jog
    sprint along/across/up etc
    Bill sprinted up the steps.
2. to ride, swim etc very fast for a short distance
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ run to move very quickly, by moving your legs more quickly than when you walk: My five-year-old son runs everywhere. | I go running twice a week.
   ▪ jog to run quite slowly for exercise over a long distance: A few people were jogging in the park.
   ▪ race/dash to run somewhere as quickly as you can, especially because you have to do something urgently: He dashed across the road to the police station. | We raced to the bus stop and got there just in time.
   ▪ sprint to run as fast as you can for a short distance: I saw the runners sprinting past. | He sprinted up the stairs.
   ▪ tear to run very quickly and without really looking where you are going, because you are in a hurry: He tore down the street and around the corner.
   ▪ charge to run quickly and with a lot of energy, so that you might knock down anyone or anything that gets in your way: They all charged out of the school gates at 4 o'clock. | Dennis charged through the door into my office.
   ▪ take to your heels to start running away very quickly, especially to escape or because you are afraid: The men took to their heels as soon as they saw the police.
   ▪ leg it British English informal to run away very quickly, in order to escape from someone or something: I legged it before the cops came.
   ▪ lope especially literary to run easily with long steps – used especially about tall people with long legs: John loped across the street to meet me.

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sprint² noun
1. [countable] a short race in which the runners, riders, swimmers etc move very fast over a short distance:
    the 100-metre sprint
2. [singular] a short period of running or moving very fast:
    He made a desperate sprint for the train.