jolt
jolt 英 [dʒəʊlt] 美 [dʒoʊlt]
vt. 使颠簸；使震惊；使摇动 vi. 摇晃；颠簸而行 n. 颠簸；摇晃；震惊；严重挫折
进行时:jolting 过去式:jolted 过去分词:jolted 第三人称单数:jolts 名词复数:jolts
- To jolt someone is to disturb them or make them jump. A jolt is sudden and jarring.
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- vt. 使颠簸；使震惊；使摇动
- vi. 摇晃；颠簸而行
- n. 颠簸；摇晃；震惊；严重挫折
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1. There was a jolt, like a silent earthquake that left no physical impression.
有一些震惊，就像一场安静的地震，没有留下任何创伤。
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2. "I lamented that they had not been blessed as I had, with this jolt to life," he writes.
“他们没有我这样幸运，可以经历这一人生的突变，我为他们感到难过，”他写道。
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3. This huge jolt happened as the Nazca plate moved down and landward below the South American plate.
这次巨大的摇晃发生在纳斯卡板块下移，向南美板块下的近陆移动。
- jolt (n.) 1590s, "a knock," from jolt (v.). Meaning "a jarring shock" is from 1630s.
- jolt (v.) 1590s (transitive), perhaps from Middle English jollen, chollen "to knock, to batter" (early 15c.), or an alteration of obsolete jot (v.) "to jostle" (1520s). Perhaps related to earlier jolt head "a big, stupid head" (1530s). Intransitive sense from 1703. Figurative sense of "to startle, surprise" is from 1872. Related: Jolted; jolting.
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