dash: [13] Dash is probably of Scandinavian origin – Danish daske ‘beat’ has been compared – but whether it was a borrowing or a home- grown word, it was no doubt formed in imitation of rapid impulsive violent movement. Its original sense in English was ‘hit, smash’ (now rather eclipsed, put preserved in such phrases as ‘dash someone’s hopes’). ‘Move quickly and violently’ followed in the 14th century, and the noun sense ‘stroke of a pen’ in the 16th century (this probably gave rise to the use of the word as a euphemism for damned, from the replacement of that word in print with a dash).
dash (v.)
c. 1300, probably from a Scandinavian source (compare Swedish daska, Danish daske "to beat, strike"), somehow imitative. The oldest sense is that in dash to pieces and dashed hopes. Intransitive meaning "move quickly" appeared c. 1300, that of "to write hurriedly" is 1726. Related: Dashed; dashing.
dash (n.)
late 14c., from dash (v.). Sporting sense is from 1881, originally "race run in one heat."
1. The Prince was driving with great fire and dash.
王子潇洒威猛地驱车而行。
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2. He's in a dash to get Russia back into Europe.
他急于让俄罗斯回归欧洲。
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3. Dash it all. It's just not playing the game, is it?
可恶,那完全是不讲道义,是不是?
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4. Hand clamped over his mouth, he made a dash for the bathroom.
dash: [13] Dash is probably of Scandinavian origin – Danish daske ‘beat’ has been compared – but whether it was a borrowing or a home- grown word, it was no doubt formed in imitation of rapid impulsive violent movement. Its original sense in English was ‘hit, smash’ (now rather eclipsed, put preserved in such phrases as ‘dash someone’s hopes’). ‘Move quickly and violently’ followed in the 14th century, and the noun sense ‘stroke of a pen’ in the 16th century (this probably gave rise to the use of the word as a euphemism for damned, from the replacement of that word in print with a dash).
dash (v.)
c. 1300, probably from a Scandinavian source (compare Swedish daska, Danish daske "to beat, strike"), somehow imitative. The oldest sense is that in dash to pieces and dashed hopes. Intransitive meaning "move quickly" appeared c. 1300, that of "to write hurriedly" is 1726. Related: Dashed; dashing.
dash (n.)
late 14c., from dash (v.). Sporting sense is from 1881, originally "race run in one heat."
双语例句
1. The Prince was driving with great fire and dash.
王子潇洒威猛地驱车而行。
来自柯林斯例句
2. He's in a dash to get Russia back into Europe.
他急于让俄罗斯回归欧洲。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Dash it all. It's just not playing the game, is it?
可恶,那完全是不讲道义,是不是?
来自柯林斯例句
4. Hand clamped over his mouth, he made a dash for the bathroom.