lurch

lurch /lə:tʃ/
  • nội động từ
    • tròng trành, lắc lư
    • đi lảo đảo
    • danh từ
      • sự tròng trành, sự lắc lư
      • sự đi lảo đảo
      • danh từ
        • to leave someone in the lurch bỏ rơi ai trong lúc hoạn nạn

      Xem thêm: stumble, stagger, pitch, pitching, lunge, stagger, reel, keel, swag, careen, pitch, shift, prowl, skunk



      lurch

      Từ điển Collocation

      lurch noun

      ADJ. little | sickening, sudden, violent

      VERB + LURCH give Her heart gave a little lurch when she saw him. | feel John felt a lurch of dismay.

      PREP. with a ~ The train stopped with a lurch. | ~ into Starting her own business was a lurch into the unknown.

      Từ điển WordNet

        n.

      • an unsteady uneven gait; stumble, stagger
      • a decisive defeat in a game (especially in cribbage)
      • abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance); pitch, pitching

        the pitching and tossing was quite exciting

      • the act of moving forward suddenly; lunge

        v.

      • walk as if unable to control one's movements; stagger, reel, keel, swag, careen

        The drunken man staggered into the room

      • move abruptly; pitch, shift

        The ship suddenly lurched to the left

      • move slowly and unsteadily

        The truck lurched down the road

      • loiter about, with no apparent aim; prowl
      • defeat by a lurch; skunk

      English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

      lurches|lurched|lurching
      syn.: pitch rock roll sway tip topple toss tumble