| 释义 |
bolt¹ /bəʊlt/ n. | vt. | vi. | ad. | phr.
I n.
1. 螺栓
a small bag of nuts and bolts 一小袋螺帽和螺栓
2. (门、窗上的)插销，闩；锁簧
slide a bolt in place 把插销插好
3. 枪栓，枪机
4. 弩箭；方镞箭
5. 闪电；霹雳
a blinding lightning bolt 眩目电闪
6. 突发；猛冲；逃跑
This is the freeway that once sprang a few bolts. 这就是曾突然发生连续撞车的那条高速公路。
Now that you're conscious, you won't do a bolt for it, will you? 现在你神志清醒过来了，该不会溜之大吉吧?
7. (棉布等的)一匹(美国通常为40码)；(糊墙纸、编筐篮的柳条等的)一卷
buy a bolt of the vivid Ghanaian cloth 买下一匹颜色鲜艳的加纳制造的布
8. (供锯切的)大块木料；短圆木切片
be cut from the same bolt 从同一块木料上锯下
9. 〈美〉(对本党派或本党候选人的)拒绝支持；脱党；退出社会团体(或活动)
10. (液体等的)喷注；喷出的柱状物
bolts of water gushing over the dam 涌出水闸的水柱
II ❶ vt.
1. 闩(门)；栓住；使合在一起
He bolted the door on the inside. 他在里面把门闩上。
bolt the nuts and bolts together 把螺帽和螺栓装配起来
2. 匆匆咽下；囫囵吞吃
He bolted down a hurried breakfast. 他匆匆忙忙吞下一顿早饭。
3. 脱口说出；急促地说 (out)
4. 使惊起，惊动
5. 〈美〉脱(党)；拒绝支持(本党或其候选人)；脱离(社会活动等)
He bolted the party last month over the right-left intraparty feuding. 上月他因党内左右翼长期争吵而脱党。
He bolted the Republican Party to run as an independent candidate. 他拒绝支持共和党而以独立候选人资格竞选。
bolt the ticket 退出竞选
6. 将(布等)卷成匹；将(糊墙纸等)卷成一卷
7. 〈古〉射(驽箭等)
❷ vi.
1. 冲出去；逃跑；(马)脱缰；跳起来；迅速移动；射；窜
He bolted out of his house. 他从屋内冲出。
I couldn't stand it any longer, I bolted to the washbasin. 我再也忍不住了，向脸盆直奔过去。
bolt over the frontier 逃越边界
The horse has bolted. 马脱缰跑掉了。
Eyes bolted towards the stranger. 眼珠朝生人一转。
2. 匆匆咽下食物
3. 〈美〉脱党；拒绝支持本党(或其候选人)
bolt from the President and run with the new candidate 与现总统拆伙而和新候选人搭档竞选
4. (植物)不到期结实，过早开花，长得过于高大而不宜食用
III ad.
1. 突然地；直接地
a habit of coming bolt awake at five o'clock in the morning 一个在早上5点钟突然醒来的习惯
2. 笔直地；不易弯地
phr. a bolt from (或 out of) the blue 1. 晴天霹雳 2. 大出意外的事 3. 飞来横祸 A fool's bolt is soon shot (或 spent). 〈谚〉1. 蠢人乱射箭，片刻就射完。 2. 蠢人易于智穷力竭。 bolt upright 笔笔直直 sit bolt upright on the edge of the chair 笔直坐在椅子边上 make a bolt (for it) 赶快逃走 He's flitted, made a bolt to the suburbs. 他溜啦，逃到郊外去了。 When he tried to make a bolt for it, my companion dashed over pointing his pistol at him. 他想逃之夭夭时，我的同伴冲了过去，把枪对住他。shoot one's (last) bolt 竭尽全力；智穷才尽 I had shot my bolt and sat speechless. 我已智穷才尽，坐着一言不发。 The fool's bolt is soon shot (或 spent). = A fool's bolt is soon shot (或 spent).
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