lurch 轻微的倾斜；震颤；蹒跚着走；让人难受的晃动；突然的摇晃；剧烈的摇

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lurch¹ / lɚtʃ ; lɜːtʃ /
◙verb [I]
1. to walk or move suddenly in an uncontrolled or unsteady way
• 突然不稳地行走（移动），蹒跚而行:
▪ [+ 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,  used to say that your heart or stomach seems to move suddenly because you feel shocked, frightened etc
• 〔因震惊、恐惧等而〕感到心跳/胃里翻腾:
»Virginia's heart lurched painfully in her chest.
[size=90%]  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,  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。

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lurch²
◙noun [C]
1. a sudden movement
• 突然的晃动:
»The train gave a violent lurch.
  火车突然剧烈地晃了一下。
2. leave sb 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

lurch
I. \ˈlərch, -ə̄ch, -əich\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
Etymology: Middle English lorchen, probably alteration of lurken to lurk — more at lurk
intransitive verb
1. dialect chiefly England : to loiter about a place furtively : prowl, sneak
< lurch about the place looking sinister — Anthony Carson >
2. obsolete : cheat, steal
transitive verb
1. obsolete : to obtain by fraud or stealth : filch, steal
< put lately into many men's heads … his own ambitious ends to lurch a crown — John Milton >
2. archaic : to do out of something : cheat, rob
< in the brunt of seventeen battles … he lurched all swords of the garland — Shakespeare >
II. noun
(-es)
archaic : an act of lurching or a state of watchful readiness
< the enemy of human happiness, always lying at lurch to make prey of the young — J.P.Kennedy †1870 >
III. noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle French lourche, n., a game & lourche, adjective, deceived, probably of Germanic origin; akin to Middle High German lerz, lurz left, located on the left side, lürzen to deceive — more at lordosis
1. obsolete : an act or instance of cheating : fraud
2. obsolete
a. : an act or instance of discomfiture : setback, rout
b. : one's sphere of control : power
  < David, when he had Saul in his lurch, might … have cut off his head — Thomas Goodwin >
3.
a. : a decisive defeat in which a player wins a game by more than twice his opponent's score; specifically : a defeat in which a player wins a cribbage game before his opponent has progressed halfway toward the goal — compare gammon, rubicon
b. obsolete : an old game that may have resembled backgammon
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- in the lurch
IV. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
1. : to defeat by a lurch (as in cribbage) — compare skunk
2. archaic : to leave in the lurch : disappoint, desert
< fortune … hath lurched generals in her time — Sporting Magazine >
V. noun
(-es)
Etymology: origin unknown
1.
a. : a sudden roll of a ship to one side (as in heavy weather)
b. : an act or instance of swaying or tipping
  < a sudden lurch of the vehicle threw the two men together — John Morrison >
  < felt a great lurch of joy — Marcia Davenport >
c. : a gait characterized by a sway or stagger
  < walk with the same slow, complacent lurch — Rebecca West >
2. : bent, drift, inclination, tendency, urge
< showed a decided lurch toward a solitary life >
VI. intransitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
1.
a. : to roll or tip abruptly : cant, pitch
  < the schooner lurched in the uneasy chop — Kenneth Roberts >
  < ramshackle outbuildings, lurching rose arches — Elizabeth Taylor >
  < the glen seemed to lurch forward and become a defile — John Buchan >
b. : to move with a series of lurches : careen, sway
  < landing craft lurched toward shore — Time >
  < international group … lurched for days over lunar roads to watch the sacred right of franchise exercised — Punch >
  < she slouched off … the cub lurching along contentedly beside her — C.G.D.Roberts >
2.
a. : to move unsteadily or in a series of stops and starts : stagger
  < a visiting … celebrity, somewhat bemused by whiskey, lurched across the room — Ian Bevan >
  < horses lurching in deep mud — Adrian Bell >
b. : to give a sudden or involuntary movement : jerk, lunge
  < rubbed the sleep out of his eyes and lurched upright — Julian Dana >
  < lurched forward with a bullet in his head — E.V.Burkholder >
  < the pain lurched in him — Ernest Hemingway >
3. : to move in an awkward or uncertain fashion : blunder, stumble
< we're not all … lurching along on mere instinct — Anne D. Sedgwick >
< Congress lurched toward adjournment — Time >

lurch

noun

[搭配]ADJ.

little

轻微的倾斜

sickening, sudden, violent

让人难受的晃动；突然的摇晃；剧烈的摇晃

[搭配]VERB + LURCH

give

颤动:

Her heart gave a little lurch when she sawhim.

看到他时，她心头一凛。

feel

感到震颤:

John felt a lurch of dismay.

约翰猛地感到一阵惊恐。

[搭配]PREP.

with a ~

晃了一下:

The train stopped with a lurch.

火车晃了一下停了下来。

~ into

蹒跚着进入:

Starting her own business was a lurch intothe unknown.

开创自己的事业对她来说是突然进入了未知的世界。

lurch

verb

[搭配]ADV.

violently

剧烈地摇晃:

Suddenly the train lurched violently.

突然，火车剧烈地晃动起来。

slightly

轻微地晃动

backwards, forward, sideways

向后倾斜；向前倾斜；向一边倾斜:

She gave a little cry and lurched forwards.

她轻喊一声向前跌去。

[搭配]PREP.

along

沿…颠簸前进:

The coach lurched along the mountain road.

长途汽车沿着山路颠簸行驶。

into

跌跌撞撞地进入:

A man lurched into her office.

一个男人跌跌撞撞地闯进她的办公室。

towards

朝…蹒跚走去:

He lurched towards the door.

他蹒跚着朝门走去。

[搭配]PHRASES

lurch to your feet

突然站起来:

The drunk lurched to his feet and tried tofollow us.

那个醉汉猛地站起来，试图跟上我们。

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