| 单词 | bolt |
| 释义 | bolt 1. n., v., & adv. --n 1. a sliding bar and socket used to fasten or lock a door, gate, etc. 2. a large usu. metal pin with a head, usu. riveted or used with a nut, to hold things together. 3. a discharge of lightning. 4. an act of bolting (cf. sense 4 of v.); a sudden escape or dash for freedom. 5. hist. an arrow for shooting from a crossbow. 6. a roll of fabric (orig. as a measure). --v 1. tr. fasten or lock with a bolt. 2. tr. (foll. by in, out) keep (a person etc.) from leaving or entering by bolting a door. 3. tr. fasten together with bolts. 4. intr. a dash suddenly away, esp. to escape. b (of a horse) suddenly gallop out of control. 5. tr. gulp down (food) unchewed; eat hurriedly. 6. intr. (of a plant) run to seed. --adv (usu. in bolt upright) rigidly, stiffly. Phrases and idioms a bolt from the blue a complete surprise. bolt-hole 1. a means of escape. 2. a secret refuge. shoot one's bolt do all that is in one's power. Derivatives bolter n. (in sense 4 of v.). Etymology: OE bolt arrow 2. v.tr. (also boult) sift (flour etc.). Derivatives bolter n. Etymology: ME f. OF bulter, buleter, of unkn. orig. |
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