Jolt



GRE 蓝宝 TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 颠簸着移动;n.震动, 摇晃
• ［英］ v. 颠簸着移动 ( cause jerky movements) ; n.震动, 摇晃 ( jerk)
• ［类］ jolt : move / check : stop ( 颠簸而行是突然动 / 突然停止是突然停)

Webster Collegiate

I. verb

• Etymology: probably blend of obsolete joll to strike and jot to bump
• Date: 1596
• transitive verb
  • 1. to cause to move with a sudden jerky motion
  • 2. to give a knock or blow to; specifically to jar with a quick or hard blow
  • 3.
    • a. to disturb the composure of ; shock <crudely jolted out of that mood — Virginia Woolf>
    • b. to interfere with roughly, abruptly, and disconcertingly <determination to pursue his own course was jolted badly — F. L. Paxson>
• intransitive verb
  • to move with a sudden jerky motion
• ? jolter noun

II. noun

• Date: 1599
• 1. an abrupt sharp jerky blow or movement
• 2.
  • a.
    • (1) a sudden feeling of shock, surprise, or disappointment
    • (2) an event or development causing such a feeling <the defeat was quite a jolt>
  • b. a serious check or reverse <a severe financial jolt>
• 3. a small potent or bracing portion <a jolt of horseradish>
• ? jolty adjective

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