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单词 jolt
释义
jolt1 verbjolt2 noun
joltjolt1 /dʒəʊlt $ dʒoʊlt/ verb Word Origin
WORD ORIGINjolt1
Origin:
1500-1600 Perhaps from joll ‘to hit’ (15-19 centuries) + jot ‘to knock against’ (16-19 centuries)
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
jolt
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theyjolt
he, she, itjolts
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theyjolted
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave jolted
he, she, ithas jolted
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad jolted
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill jolt
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have jolted
Continuous Form
PresentIam jolting
he, she, itis jolting
you, we, theyare jolting
PastI, he, she, itwas jolting
you, we, theywere jolting
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been jolting
he, she, ithas been jolting
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been jolting
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be jolting
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been jolting
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Everyone was alarmed when the elevator jolted to a halt.
  • He ran down the hill, the backpack jolting from side to side on his back.
  • Our coach jolted and stopped. Then it started again.
  • Their house had been jolted right off its foundation.
  • Vic was jolted awake by at least five explosions.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Father Gannon added, his sudden pronged laughter jolting up her spine.
  • He thought it was a twig breaking but then something jolted his memory.
  • It was not the phone that jolted Polly so completely from her dreams, but fear.
  • Long before morning, she was jolted awake by sounds outside her room.
  • My lurching heart jolts me awake.
  • Only to have your memory jolted by a loud and indignant beep.
  • Second, the other Lakers will be jolted from their funk by the appearance of Magic.
  • The car jolted over the rubble past a machine, and the panic ceased.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorwhen things shake
if something shakes , it makes very small quick movements from side to side or up and down: · Ed was playing his music so loud that the whole house shook.· Suddenly the ground beneath my feet began to shake.· The car slowed down, shook for a moment and then stopped.
to shake and repeatedly hit against something else, making a continuous noise: · The windows were rattling in the wind.· I woke up to the sound of cups and plates rattling, and knew that Dad was already up.
if something wobbles , it moves from side to side because it is not steady or not well balanced: · The chair wobbled under her weight and then fell over.· Jerry came in carrying a tray of glasses that were wobbling alarmingly.
to shake continuously with very small, very fast movements, for example because of the effects of a very loud noise: · Some insects' wings vibrate so fast that the movement is invisible to the human eye.vibrate to: · Everything in the room was vibrating to the beat of the drum.
if something such as a piece of machinery or a vehicle shudders , it shakes uncontrollably with very small movements: · Our house was so close to the railway that you could feel it shudder every time a train went by.shudder to a halt (=shake a lot and then stop): · The train shuddered to a halt at the station.
especially British if something judders , it shakes with small, quick movements, especially because something is stopping it moving freely or smoothly: · Jackson took his Land Rover off the track and it juddered over 15 metres of grass.· The elevator doors juddered open when we reached the fifth floor.judder to a halt (=shake a lot and then stop): · Something was obviously wrong with the car and eventually it just juddered to a halt.
to move up and down or from side to side with sudden large movements - use this especially about a vehicle or machine that is not working well or moving smoothly: · Our coach jolted and stopped. Then it started again.jolt along/over/through etc: · He ran down the hill, the backpack jolting from side to side on his back.jolt to a halt/stop: · Everyone was alarmed when the elevator jolted to a halt.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(=a vehicle stops very quickly and noisily – used for emphasis)· The car skidded to a halt and three men jumped out.
1[intransitive, transitive] to move suddenly and roughly, or to make someone or something move in this way SYN  jerk:  We jolted along rough wet roads through an endless banana plantation.2[transitive] to give someone a sudden shock or surprise:  The phone jolted him awake.jolt somebody into/out of something It jolted me into making the decision to quit. Her sharp words seemed to jolt him out of his depression.
jolt1 verbjolt2 noun
joltjolt2 noun [countable usually singular] Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • a jolt of caffeine
  • electric jolts
  • The tax laws may be a severe jolt to the economy.
  • The train stopped with a sudden jolt.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • But in a way what happened last season gave us a necessary jolt.
  • But then, recovering from the jolt, he begins to think not.
  • He longed for each ice-cold burning jolt in his stomach.
  • Her accusation in front of her family had made him coldly furious, she realised with a jolt.
  • The query seems like a jolt of reality, following stories Mrs Clinton has been telling of her college days.
  • The world economy was given a deflationary jolt.
  • What is in some ways ironic is that a naive notion of necessity had already received a severe jolt from David Hume.
  • With a jolt of self-knowledge Caroline registered the same feeling of dismay as at that cool withdrawal after their picnic.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 The oil crisis has given the government quite a jolt.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(=a vehicle stops very quickly and noisily – used for emphasis)· The car skidded to a halt and three men jumped out.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB
· And that was when, for the second time, Ronni felt a fierce jolt inside her.· Harry felt a jolt of breath pump out of his mouth.· Sarella felt a jolt through her entire body at the sight of him.· Suddenly, I feel an internal jolt, a direct hit to the core of the boat.· Suddenly she felt a jolt and her body was submerged underneath the mud.
· But in a way what happened last season gave us a necessary jolt.· Still, the thought gave me quite a jolt of pleasure.· The world economy was given a deflationary jolt.· Each of us carries an unreliable ankle for instance, and Tony had just given his a jolt.· She says before you were aware of it but until it happens, it really gives you such a jolt.· They gave him this little jolt of fun.· It gave him a nasty jolt, for a moment thinking it the very same dagger used to kill Lord Westbourne.
· What is in some ways ironic is that a naive notion of necessity had already received a severe jolt from David Hume.
1a sudden shockjolt of Melanie experienced a jolt of surprise.with a jolt Henry sat up with a jolt. The oil crisis has given the government quite a jolt.2a sudden rough shaking movement:  People felt the first jolt of the earthquake at about 8 am.
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