sprint
英 [sprɪnt]
美 [sprɪnt]
- vi. 冲刺,全速跑
- n. 冲刺;短跑
- vt. 全速奔跑
TEM8 IELTS GRE
1. 谐音“死跑赢他”-----(字母r与字母y形近,故以字母y为谐音)冲刺,全速跑。
2. Sprint (斯普林特) -------- 美国著名的电信公司之一。
sprint 短跑,冲刺词源可能同 spring,弹,跳,蹦。引申词义短跑,冲刺。
- sprint (v.)
- 1560s, "to spring, dart," probably an alteration of sprenten "to leap, spring" (early 14c.), from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse spretta "to jump up" (cognate with Swedish spritta "to start, startle"). Meaning "to run a short distance at full speed" first recorded 1871. Related: Sprinted; sprinting.
- sprint (n.)
- "short burst of running, etc.," 1865, from sprint (v.).
- 1. They hurtled across the line in a flat-out sprint.
- 他们拼命冲刺,越过终点线。
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- 2. I broke into a sprint.
- 我开始飞快地跑了起来。
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- 3. The police retreated at a sprint.
- 警方快速撤退。
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- 4. Rob Harmeling won the sprint in Bordeaux.
- 罗布·哈梅林在波尔多获得短跑冠军。
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- 5. He put on a sprint to catch the bus.
- 他全速奔跑以赶上公共汽车.
来自《简明英汉词典》