headlong
- 英式英标[\'hɛdlɔŋ]
- 美式音标[\'hedlɒŋ]
adj. 轻率的；头向前的；匆促而用力的
adv. 头向前地；猛然用力地
中文词源
headlong 头朝前的，莽撞的
head,头，-long,向前。引申词义莽撞的。
英文词源
- headlong (adv.)
- late 14c., headling, also headlings, "headfirst (downward); headlong (forward); without thinking, hastily," from hed "head" (see head (n.)) + adverbial suffix -ling. Altered by c. 1400 to conform with sidelong, etc. Its true companions are now mostly obsolete: darkling, backling, flatling, etc.
实用例句
- 1. She missed her footing and fell headlong down the stairs.
- 她一脚踩空，头朝下摔下了楼梯。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The country, they say, will inevitably now plunge headlong into decadence.
- 他们说，现在整个国家会不可避免地一头陷入衰退中。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. The army was in headlong flight.
- 部队当时正仓皇奔逃。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. She fell headlong into the icy pool.
- 她倒栽葱掉进了冰冷的水池中。
来自《权威词典》
- 5. The little boy fell headlong down the flight of stairs.
- 那小男孩头朝下跌下楼梯.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》