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Barreling Meaning in English

word · lemma: barrel

ˈbæɹəɫɪŋ/, /ˈbɛɹəɫɪŋ
BAIR-uh-ling
bˈæɹəl
BA-ruh-ling

释义

Moving quickly and forcefully, often without much control, like a rolling barrel. It is mostly used to describe a person or thing going forward at high speed.

用法与细微差别

Primarily informal and vivid, often used in continuous tenses ('was barreling down the road'). Suggests lack of control or urgency. Common with verbs of movement and also with vehicles or people.

例句

The truck was barreling down the highway.

basic

The dog came barreling into the room.

basic

Rainwater was barreling down the street.

basic

He came barreling around the corner and nearly knocked me over.

natural

The news came barreling in all at once.

natural

Traffic was barreling through the city after the game.

natural