struck
struck — verb
1. the simple-past and past-participle form of the verb strike — the only shape you
the simple-past and past-participle form of the verb strike — the only shape you need for any meaning of strike once the action has already taken place, whether hitting, protesting, clock chiming, or a sudden thought.
Nadia struck the ball so hard that it flew over the garden fence.
collocation: struck + ball / object — physical impact
The city's bus drivers struck for two weeks over unsafe working conditions.
intransitive: struck for + demand — labor protest
A brilliant idea struck João while he was cooking dinner for his family.
The clock in the old tower struck midnight as Adina walked through the square.
When the earthquake struck, people rushed out of their homes into the streets.
- hit
overlaps with struck in the physical-impact sense but hit is also the present-tense form of a different verb
- walked out
equivalent to struck in the labor-protest sense but only works as a phrasal verb, not a single word
- occurred to
covers the 'sudden thought' meaning but uses a different grammatical construction (it occurred to + person)
文法句型
struck + object (hit)
struck for + demand (protest)
struck + time (clock)
was/were struck by + (idea / emotion)
用法筆記
Only used for past-tense and perfect-tense constructions of the verb strike. All meanings of strike — physical impact, labor protest, clock chiming, sudden realization, and so on — share this single irregular past form; there is no 'striked' in standard English.
常見錯誤
struck — adjective
1. describing a workplace, business, or public service that cannot operate normally
describing a workplace, business, or public service that cannot operate normally because its employees have stopped working in protest — usually over pay, safety, or working conditions.
The struck factory remained closed while union leaders negotiated a new contract.
attributive: struck + [workplace]
Trucks could not enter the struck port for more than a month.
attributive: struck + [location]
Teachers at the struck school held daily meetings to plan their next steps.
Supplies grew low inside the struck hospital, but staff continued emergency care around the clock.
- closed
emphasises the shutdown rather than the cause; less specific than struck
- non-operational
more formal and broader — could mean closed for any reason, not just a strike
- operational
running normally, without labor disruption
- open
accessible and functioning as usual
文法句型
struck + noun (workplace)
remain / stay struck
用法筆記
Common in news reports about labor disputes. Unlike the verb form, this adjective describes a location or organization, not an action — it tells you that a strike is currently in effect at that place.