dashed

1. V-I If you dash somewhere, you run or go there quickly and suddenly. 猛沖

Suddenly she dashed down to the cellar. 她猛地朝地窖沖過(guò)去。

2. N-SING Dash is also a noun. 猛沖

...a 160-mile dash to the hospital. …飛奔160英里趕向醫(yī)院。

3. V-I If you say that you have to dash, you mean that you are in a hurry and have to leave immediately. 趕緊離開(kāi)[非正式] [no cont]

Oh, Tim! I'm sorry but I have to dash. 噢，蒂姆！很抱歉，但我得趕緊走了。

4. V-T If you dash something against a wall or other surface, you throw or push it violently, often so hard that it breaks. 猛撞; 猛摔[文學(xué)性]

She seized the doll and dashed it against the stone wall with tremendous force. 她抓起洋娃娃，使勁往石墻上摔。

5. V-T If an event or person dashes someone's hopes or expectations, it destroys them by making it impossible that the thing that is hoped for or expected will ever happen. 使破滅[journalism] [文學(xué)性]

Renewed fighting has dashed hopes for a United Nations-organized interim government. 重燃的戰(zhàn)火粉碎了在聯(lián)合國(guó)的組織下建立臨時(shí)政府的希望。

6. N-COUNT A dash of something is a small quantity of it which you add when you are preparing food or mixing a drink. 少量

Pour over olive oil and a dash of balsamic vinegar to accentuate the sweetness. 倒入橄欖油和少量香醋以使甜味更濃些。

7. N-COUNT A dash of a quality is a small amount of it that is found in something and often makes it more interesting or distinctive. 一點(diǎn) (趣味或特色)

...a story with a dash of mystery thrown in. …加入了一抹神秘色彩的故事。

8. N-COUNT A dash is a straight, horizontal line used in writing, for example, to separate two main clauses whose meanings are closely connected. 破折號(hào)

...the dash between the birth date and death date. …生卒日期之間的破折號(hào)。

9. N-COUNT The dash of a car is its . 儀表板

10. INTERJ [非正式] →a euphemistic word for damn

11. PHRASE If you make a dash for a place, you run there very quickly, for example, to escape from someone or something. 沖

I made a dash for the front door but he got there before me. 我向前門(mén)沖去，但他卻已先我而到。