dash /dæʃ/ CET4 TEM4 ( dashing, dashed, dashes )

• 1. 

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

  例：

  Suddenly she dashed down to the cellar.

  她猛地朝地窖冲过去。

• 2. 

  N-SING Dash is also a noun. 猛冲

  例：

  ...a 160-mile dash to the hospital.

  …飞奔160英里赶向医院。

• 3. 

  V-I If you say that you have to dash, you mean that you are in a hurry and have to leave immediately. 赶紧离开 [非正式] [no cont]

  例：

  Oh, Tim! I'm sorry but I have to dash.

  噢，蒂姆！很抱歉，但我得赶紧走了。

• 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 [文学性]

  例：

  She seized the doll and dashed it against the stone wall with tremendous force.

  她抓起洋娃娃，使劲往石墙上摔。

• 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. 使破灭 [journalism] [文学性]

  例：

  Renewed fighting has dashed hopes for a United Nations-organized interim government.

  重燃的战火粉碎了在联合国的组织下建立临时政府的希望。

• 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

  例：

  Pour over olive oil and a dash of balsamic vinegar to accentuate the sweetness.

  倒入橄榄油和少量香醋以使甜味更浓些。

• 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. 一点 (趣味或特色)

  例：

  ...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. 破折号

  例：

  ...the dash between the birth date and death date.

  …生卒日期之间的破折号。

• 9. 

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

• 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. 冲

  例：

  I made a dash for the front door but he got there before me.

  我向前门冲去，但他却已先我而到。