单词 | unjolted |
释义 | unjoltedadj. Not jolted; not knocked or shaken (literal and figurative). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > [adjective] > jogging or jolting to and fro or up and down > not > not jolted unjolted1777 1777 D. Garrick Prol. Trip to Scarborough in London Chron. 24 May 501/2 The cramm'd glutton snores unjolted home. 1865 M. E. Braddon Only a Clod I. i. 5 Tempers, which resemble the patent elliptic springs of a crack coachbuilder's carriage, and can convey the traveller unjolted and uninjured over the roughest roads in the journey of life. 1960 Independent-Press-Telegram (Long Beach, Calif.) 24 July c4/1 Faith in the colt was unjolted by his loss to Olden Times in the C. S. Howard Stakes. 1996 Economist 3 Feb. 30/3 The governing Democratic Left Alliance has emerged from the spy scandal with its confidence remarkably unjolted. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1777 |
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