1. | (门窗的)闩,插销a long, narrow piece of metal that you slide across the inside of a door or window in order to lock it |
2. | 螺栓a piece of metal like a screw without a point which is used with a circle of metal(= a nut ) to fasten things together |
nuts and bolts 螺帽和螺栓 |
3. | ~ of lightning 闪电a sudden flash of lightning in the sky, appearing as a line |
4. | 弩箭a short heavy arrow shot from a crossbow |
5. | 一匹(布)a long piece of cloth wound in a roll around a piece of cardboard |
Her dismissal came as a bolt from the blue. 她被解雇简直就是晴天霹雳。 |
Her dismissal came as a bolt from the blue. 她被解雇简直就是晴天霹雳。 |
1. | [t][i] ~ (sth) 用插销闩上;能被闩上to fasten sth such as a door or window by sliding a bolt across; to be able to be fastened in this way |
Don't forget to bolt the door. 别忘了闩门。 | |
The gate bolts on the inside. 大门在里面上闩。 |
2. | [t] 用螺栓把(甲和乙)固定在一起to fasten things together with a bolt |
The vice is bolted to the workbench. 这虎钳是用螺栓固定在工作台上的。 | |
The various parts of the car are then bolted together. 然后汽车的各种部件便用螺栓装配在一起。 |
3. | [i] (马等受惊)脱缰if an animal, especially a horse,bolts , it suddenly runs away because it is frightened |
4. | [i] (+ adv./prep.) 跑开;(尤指)逃跑to run away, especially in order to escape |
When he saw the police arrive, he bolted down an alley. 他看见警察来了,便从小巷逃走了。 |
5. | [t] ~ sth (down) 狼吞虎咽to eat sth very quickly |
Don't bolt your food! 吃饭不能狼吞虎咽! |
6. | [t][i] ~ (sth) 停止支持(某团体或政党)to stop supporting a particular group or political party |
Many Democrats bolted the party to vote Republican. 很多民主党人放弃本党,转而投共和党的票。 |
7. | [i] 过早结实(因而食用价值降低)to grow too quickly and start producing seeds and so become less good to eat |