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sprint

verb
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[intransitive, transitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they sprint
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he / she / it sprints
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past simple sprinted
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past participle sprinted
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-ing form sprinting
🔊/ˈsprɪntɪŋ/
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  1. to run or swim a short distance very fast短距离快速奔跑（或游泳）；冲刺
    • + adv./prep. He sprinted for the line.他向终点线冲去。🔊🔊
    • Three runners sprinted past.三名运动员飞跑了过去。🔊🔊
    • She jumped out of the car and sprinted for the front door.她跳下车，朝前门跑去。🔊🔊
    • sprint something I sprinted the last few metres.我全速跑完最后几米。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • A doctor came sprinting down the corridor.一名医生冲向走廊。
    • He sprinted towards the finishing line.他向终点冲刺。
    • Mark gathered up his things and sprinted after her.马克收集了他的东西，向她冲刺。
    Topics Sports: other sportsc1
    Word Originlate 18th cent. (as a dialect term meaning ‘a bound or spring’): related to Swedish spritta.

sprint

noun
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  1. a race in which the people taking part run, swim, etc. very fast over a short distance短跑比赛；短距离速度竞赛
    • a 100-metre sprint100 米短跑
    • the world sprint champion短跑世界冠军
    Extra Examples
    • Jamaica won the gold in the sprint relay.牙买加队在短跑接力中赢得金牌。
    • Olympic sprint champion Marion Jones奥林匹克短跑冠军玛丽昂・琼斯
    • the 100-metre and 200-metre sprint double100 米和200 米跑双料冠军
    Topics Sports: other sportsc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • quick
    • short
    • final
    • …
    verb + sprint
    • break into
    • make
    sprint + noun
    • race
    • relay
    • finish
    • …
    preposition
    • in a sprint
    • sprint for
    See full entry
  2. [usually singular] a short period of running, swimming, etc. very fast短距离快速奔跑（或游泳等）；冲刺
    • The Moroccan came out best in a frantic sprint for the line.在向终点线的疯狂冲刺中摩洛哥运动员胜出。
    • a sprint for the bus冲向公共汽车
    • She won in a sprint finish.她在最后的冲刺中取得胜利。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • Sato just pipped the Kenyan runner in a sprint finish.萨托在最后冲刺时才险胜肯尼亚选手。
    • The runners broke into a sprint a few hundred yards from the finish.选手们在离终点几百码的地方开始冲刺。
    • This car could comfortably outpace its rivals in a sprint.这辆车在短距离赛中能够轻松超过对手。
    • It was a sprint for the finishing line.这是一个终点冲刺。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • quick
    • short
    • final
    • …
    verb + sprint
    • break into
    • make
    sprint + noun
    • race
    • relay
    • finish
    • …
    preposition
    • in a sprint
    • sprint for
    See full entry
    3. Word Originlate 18th cent. (as a dialect term meaning ‘a bound or spring’): related to Swedish spritta.