Thrust



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• v.猛力推; 刺, 戳
• ［英］ v. 猛力推 ( to push or drive with force) ; 刺, 戳 ( stab, pierce)
• ［例］ He thrust his spade into the ground.

Webster Collegiate

I. verb (thrust; thrusting)

• Etymology: Middle English thrusten, thristen, from Old Norse thry?sta; probably akin to Old Norse thrjōta to tire, Old English thrēat coercion — more at threat
• Date: 13th century
• transitive verb
  • 1. to push or drive with force ; shove
  • 2. to cause to enter or pierce something by or as if by pushing <thrust a dagger into his heart>
  • 3. extend, spread
  • 4. stab, pierce
  • 5.
    • a. to put (as an unwilling person) forcibly into a course of action or position <was thrust into the job>
    • b. to introduce often improperly into a position ; interpolate
  • 6. to press, force, or impose the acceptance of upon someone <thrust new responsibilities upon her>
• intransitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to force an entrance or passage
    • b. to push forward ; press onward
    • c. to push upward ; project
  • 2. to make a thrust, stab, or lunge with or as if with a pointed weapon <thrust at them with a knife>

II. noun

• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. a push or lunge with a pointed weapon
  • b.
    • (1) a verbal attack
    • (2) a military assault
• 2.
  • a. a strong continued pressure
  • b. the sideways force or pressure of one part of a structure against another part (as of an arch against an abutment)
  • c. the force produced by a propeller or by a jet or rocket engine that drives a vehicle (as an aircraft) forward
  • d. a nearly horizontal geological fault
• 3.
  • a. a forward or upward push
  • b. a movement (as by a group of people) in a specified direction
• 4.
  • a. salient or essential element or meaning <the thrust of the argument>
  • b. principal concern or objective <the plan's major thrust is testing — Ryan Lizza>

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