raced
past simple and past participle ofrace
单词 | raced |
释义 | raced past simple and past participle ofrace race verb uk/reɪs/us/reɪs/raceverb(COMPETITION)B1[IorT] to (causeto)competein a race: He has been racing for over tenyears. I used to race(against)him when we wereboys. He's racing three of hisdogsonSaturday.
Competing in sport
raceverb(HURRY)C1[IorT,usually+ adv/prep] tomoveor gofast: He raced down thestreet. Theambulanceraced(=quicklytook)theinjuredtoanearbyhospital. Thesummerseemsto have racedby(=passedveryquickly). He raced thecarengine(= made itworkfasterthan itneededto)as hesatimpatientlyat thetrafficlights. to move fast
to run
Moving quickly
Idiomsomeone'sheart/mind/pulse races Examplesofracedraced In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The ' horseracedpast the barn fell ' sentences constitute a standard example of processing effects overriding the grammar. From theCambridge English Corpus The experimenter and childracedwith two remotecontrolled racecars. From theCambridge English Corpus Clubbers deconstruct the gendered andraceddiva loop by overlaying it with their own faulty impressions. From theCambridge English Corpus Others, fearing their wooden houses would collapse,racedoutside into open spaces where they clung to trees and telegraph poles. From theCambridge English Corpus Racedback with speed to give a commentary. From theCambridge English Corpus The horseracedpast the barn fell is the classic example where backtracking is necessary. From theCambridge English Corpus The childrenracedahead leaving me feeling like a captain without a ship. From theCambridge English Corpus Neonatologistsracedto push to the edge of newborn viability. From theCambridge English Corpus It is reported that laboratories around the world haveracedto produce the first commercial versions and the markets eagerly await the results. From theCambridge English Corpus Heracedup the hill. From theCambridge English Corpus Once we know the sampling distributions of the models beingraced, then we can deduce the expected number of wins and the mean winning success rate. From theCambridge English Corpus Uncomfortable as this knowledge might be, it also offers the possibility of welcoming home the aspects of theirracedselves that white people are otherwise able to banish. From theCambridge English Corpus Heraced+ absolutely ran + up the hill. From theCambridge English Corpus He thenracedinto his usual diatribe about fiddled figures. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The fact is that average earnings haveracedahead of rents. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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