Word · Frequency #10501
lurch
突然摇晃；蹒跚
A sudden or unsteady movement.
- 1.
A sudden or unsteady movement.
突然或不稳的移动
- 2.
A predicament or difficult situation.
困境或困难局面
- 3.
An old game played with dice and counters; a variety of the game of tables.
一种用骰子和筹码玩的旧游戏；桌游的一种
- 4.
A double score in cribbage for the winner when their adversary has not yet pegged their 31st hole.
在纸牌游戏中,当对手未达到31分时获胜的双倍得分
困境；窘境；一种双陆棋戏；克里比奇牌中的双倍得分；突然或不稳的移动；困境或困难局面
In use
The ship gave a sudden lurch as it hit a large wave.
He walked with a lurch because of his injured leg.
In cribbage, a player who scores 91 points before the opponent reaches 61 wins by a lurch.
Connections
Collocations
- leave someone in the lurch
- 在某人危难时弃之不顾；撇下某人不管
- I won't leave you in the lurch; I'll help you finish the project.我不会在你危难时丢下你不管；我会帮你完成这个项目。
- give a lurch
- 猛地一晃；突然颠簸
- The boat gave a lurch and nearly threw me overboard.船猛地一晃，差点把我甩下船去。
- lurch to the right
- 急剧右转；突然转向右翼
- The party's lurch to the right alarmed many centrist voters.该党急剧右转，令许多中间派选民感到警惕。
Idioms & figurative uses
- leave someone in the lurch
- 在某人危难时弃之不顾He left his colleagues in the lurch when he resigned without notice.他没提前通知就辞职，把同事们都扔下了。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象船身突然猛地一歪（lurch），乘客被留在困境中——记住lurch既是“猛歪”也是“困境”。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：描述车辆、船只或人突然晃动或倾斜的场合、习语 leave someone in the lurch（使某人陷入困境）的用法 作名词时，‘突然摇晃’这一义项多用于书面叙事或新闻报道；‘困境’这一义项常见于 leave someone in the lurch 这个习语，口语和书面语中都可能出现。其他较旧或专业义项（如古代棋戏、克里比奇牌戏术语）现在比较少见。
Grammar Note
常用于固定搭配 leave in the lurch（在某人危难时弃之不顾）
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words rhyme with lurch: church, search, perch, birch — all end with the /əːtʃ/ sound. Beware of lookalikes: lunch and launch share the 'l...ch' spelling but have different vowels and do not rhyme.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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