thrust
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they thrust | |
| he / she / it thrusts | |
| past simple thrust | |
| past participle thrust | |
| -ing form thrusting |
- [transitive, intransitive]
to push something/somebody suddenly or violently in a particular direction; to move quickly and suddenly in a particular direction 猛推；冲；搡；挤；塞 - thrust something/somebody/yourself + adv/prep.
He thrust the baby into my arms and ran off. 他把婴儿往我怀里一塞就跑了。 She thrust her hands deep into her pockets. 她把双手深深插进口袋里。 - (figurative)
He tends to thrust himself forward too much. 他这个人太好强。 Her chin was thrust forward aggressively. 她的下巴咄咄逼人。 - + adv./prep.
She thrust past him angrily and left. 她气呼呼地从他身旁挤过去走了。
Extra ExamplesHe thrust a piece of paper at me. 他塞给我一张纸。 A microphone was thrust through the curtains. 一个麦克风从窗帘中伸出来。 She thrust her way through the dense undergrowth. 她挤过茂密的下层灌木丛。 He thrust a handkerchief out to her. 他把手帕塞给她。 My mother thrust the newspaper back into her bag. 我妈妈把报纸塞回包里。 She suddenly thrust out her arm. 她突然伸出胳膊。 Mike thrust her towards the staircase. 迈克把她使劲往楼梯那儿一推。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- deep
- deeply
- hard
- …
- at
- into
- thrust your way
- thrust something/somebody/yourself + adv/prep.
- [intransitive, transitive]
to make a sudden, strong forward movement at somebody with a weapon, etc. 刺；戳 - thrust (at somebody) (with something)
He thrust at me with a knife. 他拿刀向我刺来。 a thrusting movement 冲刺动作 - thrust something at somebody
She thrust the poker at her attacker with all her force. 她用尽全力把拨火棍向袭击者刺去。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- deep
- deeply
- hard
- …
- at
- into
- thrust your way
- thrust (at somebody) (with something)
Word OriginMiddle English (as a verb): from Old Norse thrýsta; perhaps related to Latin trudere ‘to thrust’. The noun is first recorded (early 16th cent.) in the sense ‘act of pressing’.
Idioms
force/thrust/ram something down somebody’s throat
- (informal)
to try to force somebody to listen to and accept your opinions in a way that they find annoying 强加于人；强迫接受（观点） People are sick of having advertising rammed down their throats. 人们厌倦了无所不在却又无所逃遁的广告。