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.
双语例句
1. He reached the garden gate and thrust his way through it.
他来到花园门口，挤了进去。
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2. Tony has now been thrust into the limelight, with a high-profile job.
托尼现在一下子成了众人关注的中心，因为他有一份经常出镜、见报的工作。
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3. The conductor brought home the full thrust of the work's emotional resolution.
指挥将该作品情感上的毅然决然这一主旨充分表现了出来。
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4. It provides the thrust that makes the craft move forward.
它提供了飞机前进所需的推力。
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5. A ray of sunlight thrust out through the clouds.
