Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - lurch
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Lurch
lurch
~1 v 1 to move suddenly forwards or sideways, usually because you cannot control your movements + across/into/along etc (Frank lurched back to his seat. | The car lurched forward across the grass.) 2 your heart/stomach lurches used to say that your heart or stomach seems to move as you suddenly feel shocked, frightened etc 3 lurch from one crisis to the next/lurch from one extreme to the other etc to seem to have no plan and no control over what you are doing ~2 n 1 a sudden movement forwards or sideways, usually made because you cannot control your body or a machine (The train gave a violent lurch.) 2 leave sb in the lurch to leave someone at a time when you should stay and help them; desert2 (1)
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(lurches, lurching, lurched) 1. To lurch means to make a sudden movement, especially forwards, in an uncontrolled way. As the car sped over a pothole she lurched forward... Henry looked, stared, and lurched to his feet... VERB: V adv/prep, V adv/prep, also V • Lurch is also a noun. The car took a lurch forward but grounded in a deep rut. N-COUNT 2. If you say that a person or organization lurches from one thing to another, you mean they move suddenly from one course of action or attitude to another in an uncontrolled way. The state government has lurched from one budget crisis to another... The first round of multilateral trade talks has lurched between hope and despair. VERB: V from n to n, V prep/adv c darkgreen]disapproval • Lurch is also a noun. The property sector was another casualty of the lurch towards higher interest rates. N-COUNT: usu N prep 3. If someone leaves you in the lurch, they go away or stop helping you at a very difficult time. (INFORMAL) You wouldn’t leave an old friend in the lurch, surely? PHRASE: V inflects ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. verb Etymology: Middle English lorchen, probably alteration of lurken to lurk Date: 15th century intransitive verb dialect chiefly England to loiter about a place furtively ; prowl transitive verb 1. obsolete steal 2. archaic cheat II. noun Etymology: Middle French lourche, adjective, defeated by a ~, deceived Date: 1598 a decisive defeat in which an opponent wins a game by more than double the defeated player's score especially in cribbage III. transitive verb Date: circa 1651 1. archaic to leave in the ~ 2. to defeat by a ~ (as in cribbage) IV. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1805 1. a sudden roll of a ship to one side 2. an abrupt jerking, swaying, or tipping movement the car moved forward with a ~; also stagger 2 V. intransitive verb Date: circa 1828 1. to roll or tip abruptly ; pitch 2. to move with a ~ suddenly ~ed forward; also stagger has ~ed from crisis to crisis — Jere Longman ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. n. & v. --n. a stagger, a sudden unsteady movement or leaning. --v.intr. stagger, move suddenly and unsteadily. Etymology: orig. Naut., lee-lurch alt. of lee-latch drifting to leeward 2. n. Phrases and idioms leave in the lurch desert (a friend etc.) in difficulties. Etymology: orig. = a severe defeat in a game, f. F lourche (also the game itself, like backgammon) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
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1. сущ. получение преимущества перед кем-л. 2. гл. 1) получить преимущество перед кем-л. 2) опередить кого-л. (в получении выгоды, большой доли и т.п.) ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1. крен to give a lurch —- накрениться, дать крен 2. пошатывание, шаткая походка (пьяного и т. п.) 3. ам. склонность, тенденция 4. крениться, накрениться the boat lurched —- лодку качнуло (накренило) 5. пошатываться, идти шатаясь, нетвердой походкой 6. двойная проигранная партия (в криббидж, триктрак) 7. серьезное поражение Id: to leave smb. in the lurch —- покинуть кого-л. в беде (в тяжелом, трудном положении) lurcher 1. уст. воришка, жулик, мошенник 2. шпион 3. ищейка (помесь шотландской овчарки с борзой) 4. сл. судебный пристав ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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I 1. noun 1) крен (судна); - give a lurch 2) шаткая походка 3) amer. склонность, тенденция 2. v. 1) крениться 2) идти шатаясь, пошатываться Syn: see totter II noun to leave smb. in the lurch - покинуть кого-л. в беде, в тяжелом положении ...Англо-русский словарь
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