hurl

Word family

hurl /hɜːl $ hɜːrl/ verb

1 [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]THROW to throw something with a lot of force, especially because you are angry 猛投，用力投掷〔尤因生气〕

Demonstrators were hurling bricks through the windows.

示威者在向窗里掷砖块。

He hurled a chair across the set, smashing lamps and vases.

他抓起一把椅子扔向片场的那头，把灯和花瓶都砸得粉碎。

► see thesaurus at throw

2 hurl abuse/insults/accusations etc (at somebody) SHOUTto shout at someone in a loud and angry way 谩骂/辱骂/责骂（某人）

He was accused of hurling abuse at the referee.

他被指责辱骂裁判员。

Examples from the Corpus

hurl abuse/insults/accusations etc (at somebody)• She heard the boys hurling abuse at her, shouting to her to stop, but she shut her ears to them.• There is not much to be achieved by hurling insults.• When I first met her she had been hurling abuse at her daughters-in-law who took no notice whatsoever.

3 hurl yourself at/against etc somebody/something ATTACKto throw yourself at someone or something with a lot of force 向某人/某物猛扑过去

She wanted to hurl herself into his arms.

她想扑到他的怀里。

Examples from the Corpus

hurl yourself at/against etc somebody/something• And yet people still hurl themselves at this fence.• For an instant, Jimmy wondered whether he should hurl himself at the plate-glass windows.• I hurl myself at the soldier.• Shopkeeper Nasser Ali, 25, hurled himself at Conroy, who emptied his magazine of all six shots.• The control room door slammed shut behind Atrimonides as he ran on to the gallery and hurled himself at Christine.• The warriors hurled themselves at the heads or horns of their animals to make them lie down.• The wind was gusting through the branches of the old oak tree outside and hurling itself against his window.

4. [intransitiveI, transitiveT] American EnglishAmE informal to vomit 呕吐（出）

Examples from the Corpus

hurl• A single cushion had been hurled across the room and it lay on the edge of the fireplace.• Some demonstrators began hurling bricks at the police.• Somebody else suggested a bombshell hurled by a cannon.• The stolen gym shoe, hurled by Snecky, caught him on the side of the face.• Sufficiently large impacts can hurl crater ejecta to any point on the lunar surface.• So saying he hurled his spear.• He picked up the chair and hurled it across the room.• With one strong arm he hurled Jane aside.• One error and he would have been torn loose and hurled overboard to be smothered by the driving spray.

Origin hurl

(1100-1200) Probably copying the action

hurl verb

Chinese

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