1 [sing] an act of going somewhere suddenly and quickly 急奔;猛冲:
Suddenly the prisoner made a dash for the door.那犯人突然间冲向门口。
2 [C] [usu.sing] a small amount of sth that you add to sth else (加入的)少量,少许:
a dash of lemon juice少许柠檬汁
3 [C] a small horizontal line (-) used in writing, especially for adding extra information 破折号(-)
☞Look at hyphen. 参看hyphen。
dash²
/dæʃ ||; dæʃ/verb
1 [I] to go somewhere suddenly and quickly 急奔;猛冲:
We all dashed for shelter when it started to rain.开始下雨时,我们全都冲向躲雨的地方。I must dash -- I'm late.我得飞奔过去求求我已经晚了。
2 [I,T] to hit sth with great force; to throw sth so that it hits sth else very hard 猛击;猛撞;猛掷 ·
She dashed her racket to the ground.她把球拍甩到地上。
dash sb's hopes (of sth/of doing sth) to completely destroy sb's hopes of doing sth 使某人的希望破灭:
The accident dashed his hopes of becoming a pianist.那起事故使他成为钢琴家的希望顿成泡影。 dash sth off to write or draw sth very quickly 匆匆地写或画:
I dashed off a note to my boss and left.我匆匆给老板留个条就离去了。