with obj.
1- push, elbow, or bump against (someone) roughly, typically in a crowd(多指在人群中)推搡, (用肘)推挤, 挤撞:
he was jostled by passengers rushing for the gates
他被冲向门口的乘客挤撞了
no obj. people jostled against us.人们推挤着我们。
1.1
- no obj.
jostle for
struggle or compete forcefully for争夺, 抢夺; 为…而竞争: a jumble of images jostled for attention.
纷乱的图像令人目不暇接。
词源
late Middle English justle, from just, an earlier form of JOUST. The original sense was 'have sexual intercourse with'; current senses date from the mid 16th cent.