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Hurl Throw Root Hɜːrl Hunter Hurled Long Sharp

Front hurl
Pron [hɜːrl]
Back 【HURL】
The hunter hurled a long, sharp spear at the bear.
猎人向熊投一支长而尖锐的矛。
【重点词汇】
hurl v. 用力投掷 同: cast
Vocab
hurlthrow forcefully

When you hurl something, you throw it hard. You might hurl your shoe at a horrible bug if it suddenly scuttled across the floor.

If you hurl a rock at a glass window, it will probably break, and if you hurl your trash in the direction of a garbage can, it may or may not land inside. The verb hurl implies some force behind your throw. The earliest English version was hurlen, which in the thirteenth century meant "run against each other or collide." It probably comes from the Germanic root hurr, which is also the root of hurry, and means "rapid motion."

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