hurt 1 S1 W2 / hɜt $ hɜrt / 动词 ( past tense and past participle hurt )
1 injure somebody [及物动词] to injure yourself or someone else :
Was anyone hurt in the accident?
Put that thing down – you might hurt someone with it.
hurt your arm/leg/nose etc
He hurt his knee playing football.
hurt yourself
Be careful you don’t fall and hurt yourself.
2 feel pain [不及物动词] to feel pain in part of your body → ache :
My back hurts.
Where does it hurt?
It hurts when I try to move my leg.
hurt like hell informal (= hurt very much )
My shoulder hurts like hell.
3 cause pain [及物动词] to cause pain in a part of your body :
The sun’s hurting my eyes.
4 insult somebody [不及物和及物动词] to make someone feel very upset, unhappy, sad etc :
I didn’t mean to hurt your feelings .
it hurts (somebody) to do something
What hurts is that he never even said goodbye.
It hurt me to think that you hated me.
5 bad effect [及物动词] to have a bad effect on someone or something, especially by making them less successful or powerful :
Foreign competition has hurt the company’s position in the market.
6 be hurting American English
a) informal to feel very upset or unhappy about something :
Martha’s going through a divorce and really hurting right now.
b) if a group, organization etc is hurting, they do not have something important that they need
be hurting for
The team is hurting for quarterbacks.
7 something won’t/doesn’t hurt spoken said when you think someone should do something or that something is a good idea :
The house looks pretty good, but a fresh paint job wouldn’t hurt either.
it won’t/doesn’t hurt (somebody) to do something
It won’t hurt Julia to get up early for a change.
THESAURUS
to injure yourself or someone else
hurt to damage part of your body, or someone else’s body : She slipped on the ice and hurt herself badly. | Be careful you don’t hurt anyone with that knife.
injure to hurt yourself quite severely, or to be hurt in an accident or fighting : One of our players has injured his leg, and will be out of the game for weeks. | Four people have been seriously injured on the Arizona highway.
wound to deliberately hurt someone using a weapon such as a knife or gun : The gunmen shot and killed twelve people and wounded three others.
maim / meɪm / [通常被动态] to hurt someone very severely, especially so that they lose an arm, leg etc, often as the result of an explosion : In countries where there are landmines, people are killed and maimed daily.
break to hurt a part of your body by breaking a bone in it : The X-ray showed that I had broken my wrist.
bruise to hurt a part of your body when you fall on it or hit it, causing a dark mark to appear on your skin : Cathy fell off her bike and bruised her legs badly.
sprain/twist to hurt your knee, wrist, shoulder etc by suddenly twisting it while you are moving : I jumped down from the wall and landed awkwardly, spraining my ankle.
strain/pull to hurt one of your muscles by stretching it or using it too much : When you are lifting heavy loads, be careful not to strain a back muscle.
dislocate to damage a joint in your body in a way that moves the two parts of the joint out of their normal position : Our best batsman dislocated his shoulder during training.
paralyse [通常被动态] to make someone lose the ability to move part or all of their body : A climbing accident had left him paralysed from the chest down.
when part of your body feels painful
hurt if part of your body hurts, it feels painful : My chest hurts when I cough.
ache to hurt with a continuous pain : I’d been walking all day and my legs were really aching.
throb to feel a bad pain that comes and goes again in a regular and continuous way : Lou had a terrible headache and his whole head seemed to be throbbing.
sting to feel a sharp pain, or to make someone feel this, especially in your eyes, throat, or skin : My throat stings every time I swallow. | This injection may sting a little.
smart to hurt with a sudden sharp pain – used especially about your eyes, or your skin where something has hit you : Her eyes were smarting from the thick smoke. | Jackson’s face was still smarting from the punch.
burn to feel very hot and painful or uncomfortable : Be careful because this chemical will make your skin burn. | His eyes were burning because of the gas.
pinch if something you are wearing pinches you, it is too tight and presses painfully on your skin : The shirt was a bit too small and it was pinching my neck.
something is killing me spoken informal used when something feels very painful : My legs are killing me. | These shoes are killing me.
a bad back/leg/arm etc if you have a bad back/leg/arm etc, it feels painful : He’s off work with a bad back.