lunge: [18] ‘Length’ is the etymological notion underlying the word lunge. It comes ultimately from French allonger ‘lengthen’, a verb based on the adjective long ‘long’. Its fencing application derived, in French, from the idea of ‘extending one’s sword to strike a blow’. It was originally borrowed into English in the 17th century as allonge, but this was soon shortened to lunge.
lunge (n.)
1735, "a thrust with a sword," originally a fencing term, shortened from allonge, from French allonger "to extend, thrust," from Old French alongier "to lengthen, make long," from à "to" + Old French long, from Latin longus "long" (see long (adj.)).
lunge (v.)
1735 (implied in lunged), from lunge (n.). Sense of "to make a sudden forward rush" is from 1821. Related: Lunged; lunging.
实用例句
1. He made a lunge for the phone.
他向电话扑了过去。
来自《权威词典》
2. When he makes a lunge at you, run.
他向你冲过来时你就赶快跑.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. The attacker knocked on their door and made a lunge for Wendy when she answered.
歹徒敲了他们的门，温迪一开门便向她扑去。
来自柯林斯例句
4. The lunge had thrown him off-balance and he spun, trying to regain his centre of gravity.
向前的这一猛扑让他站立不住，他急忙一个转身想稳住重心。
来自柯林斯例句
5. We sought to parry the charateristic Soviet lunge with fancy footwork.
