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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
hurry
hurry [hurry hurries hurried hurrying] verb, noun BrE [ˈhʌri] NAmE [ˈhɜːri]
verb (hur·ries, hurry·ing, hur·ried, hur·ried)
1. intransitive to do sth more quickly than usual because there is not much time
Syn: ↑rush
• You'll have to hurry if you want to catch that train.
• The kids hurried to open their presents. In spoken English hurry can be used with and plus another verb, instead of with to and the infinitive, especially to tell somebody to do something quickly
•Hurry and open your present— I want to see what it is!
2. intransitive + adv./prep. to move quickly in a particular direction
Syn: ↑rush
• He picked up his bags and hurried across the courtyard.
• She hurried away without saying goodbye.
•She hurried after Gary to apologize to him.
3. transitive to make sb do sth more quickly
Syn: ↑rush
•~ sb I don't want to hurry you but we close in twenty minutes.
•~ sb into doing sth She was hurried into making an unwise choice.
4. transitive ~ sth + adv./prep. to deal with sth quickly
Syn: ↑rush
• Her application was hurried through.
5. transitive, usually passive ~ sth to do sth too quickly
Syn: ↑rush
• A good meal should never be hurried.
Verb forms: 
Word Origin:
late 16th cent. (as a verb): imitative.
Thesaurus:
hurry verb I, T
•You'll have to hurry to catch that bus.
rush • • dash • • fly • • run • |spoken get a move on • |formal literary hasten •
Opp: dawdle
hurry/rush/run/hasten to do sth
hurry/fly/run along
hurry/rush a meal
Example Bank:
•Ben hurried after her.
•He hurried quickly to the reception desk.
•Hurry up or we'll be late!
•She came hurrying over to greet them.
•She hurried along the corridor.
•She hurried home to tell him the news.
•Hurry and open your present— I want to see what it is.
•Hurry up with the scissors, I need them.
•Hurry up! We're going to be late.
•I don't want to hurry you but we close in twenty minutes.
Idioms: ↑in a hurry ▪ ↑in a hurry to do something ▪ ↑in no hurry ▪ ↑not in a hurry ▪ ↑somebody will not do something again in a hurry
Derived: ↑hurry on ▪ ↑hurry somebody up ▪ ↑hurry up
noun uncountable, singular
the need or wish to get sth done quickly
•Take your time— there's no hurry.
•In my hurry to leave, I forgot my passport.
•What's the hurry? The train doesn't leave for an hour.
Word Origin:
late 16th cent. (as a verb): imitative.
Example Bank:
•I was late for work and in a big hurry.
•In his hurry to leave, he forgot his briefcase.
•She's in no hurry to find out how much her phone bill comes to.
•They were in a hurry to set off.
•Alice was in a tearing hurry, as usual.
•I don't mind waiting— I'm not in any particular hurry.
•In my hurry to leave, I forgot my passport.
•Serve this lady first— I'm in no hurry.
•Sorry, I haven't got time to do it now— I'm in a hurry.
•Take your time— there's no hurry.
•We were in no hurry to get back to work after the break.
•What's the hurry? The train doesn't leave for an hour.
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