thrust: [12] Thrust was borrowed from Old Norse thrýsta ‘thrust, compress’. It probably goes back ultimately to the Indo-European base *trud- ‘push, press’, whose other descendants include Latin trūdere ‘thrust’ (source of English abstruse, intrude, etc) and probably also English threat.
thrust (v.)
late 12c., from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse þrysta "to thrust, force, press," from Proto-Germanic *thrustijanan, perhaps from PIE *treud- "push, press" (see threat), but OED finds this derivation doubtful. Related: Thrusting.
thrust (n.)
1510s, "act of pressing," from thrust (v.). Meaning "act of thrusting" (in the modern sense) is from 1580s. Meaning "propulsive force" is from 1708. Figurative sense of "principal theme, aim, point, purpose" is recorded from 1968.
雙語例句
1. He reached the garden gate and thrust his way through it.
他來到花園門口，擠了進去。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Tony has now been thrust into the limelight, with a high-profile job.
托尼現在一下子成了眾人關注的中心，因為他有一份經常出鏡、見報的工作。
來自柯林斯例句
3. The conductor brought home the full thrust of the work's emotional resolution.
指揮將該作品情感上的毅然決然這一主旨充分表現了出來。
來自柯林斯例句
4. It provides the thrust that makes the craft move forward.
它提供了飛機前進所需的推力。
來自柯林斯例句
5. A ray of sunlight thrust out through the clouds.