| 单词 | bolt |
| 释义 | bolt (boʊlt ) Word forms: bolts , bolting , bolted 1. countable noun A bolt is a long metal object which screws into a nut and is used to fasten things together. 2. verb When you bolt one thing to another, you fasten them firmly together, using a bolt. The safety belt is easy to fit as there's no need to bolt it to seat belt anchorage points. [VERB noun + to] Bolt the components together. [V n with together/on] The doors were bolted on. [V n with together/on] ...a wooden bench which was bolted to the floor. [VERB-ed] 3. countable noun A bolt on a door or window is a metal bar that you can slide across in order to fasten the door or window. I heard the sound of a bolt being slowly and reluctantly slid open. 4. verb When you bolt a door or window, you slide the bolt across to fasten it. He reminded her that he would have to lock and bolt the kitchen door after her. [VERB noun] ...the heavy bolted doors . [VERB-ed] Synonyms: lock, close, bar, secure 5. verb If a person or animal bolts, they suddenly start to run very fast, often because something has frightened them. The horse bolted when a gun went off. [VERB] I made some excuse and bolted for the exit. [VERB preposition/adverb] Synonyms: dash, run, fly, spring 6. verb If you bolt your food, you eat it so quickly that you hardly chew it or taste it. Being under stress can cause you to miss meals, eat on the move, or bolt your food. [VERB noun] Bolt down means the same as bolt. Back then I could bolt down three or four burgers and a pile of French fries. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 7. countable noun A bolt of lightning is a flash of lightning that is seen as a white line in the sky. Suddenly a bolt of lightning crackled through the sky. [+ of] Synonyms: flash, thunderbolt, burst, streak 8. countable noun [usually NOUN of noun] A bolt of cloth is a long wide piece of it that is wound into a roll round a piece of cardboard. ...bolts of black silk. Synonyms: bale, amount, roll, quantity 9. verb When vegetables such as lettuces or onions bolt, they grow too quickly and produce flowers and seeds, and therefore become less good to eat. If the soil dries out the plants may bolt. [VERB] 10. make a bolt for swh/make a bolt for it phrase [VERB inflects, PHRASE noun] If someone makes a bolt for somewhere, or makes a bolt for it, they make a sudden escape. His father kept a tight grip on his collar in case he should make a bolt for the door. 11. bolt from the blue phrase If a piece of news comes like a bolt from the blue, it is completely unexpected and very surprising. The company decided to appoint a Japanese manager as president of the company. The decision came as a bolt from the blue. 12. bolt upright phrase If someone is sitting or standing bolt upright, they are sitting or standing very straight. When I pushed his door open, Trevor was sitting bolt upright in bed. 13. nuts and bolts phrase If you talk about the nuts and bolts of a subject or an activity, you are referring to the detailed practical aspects of it rather than abstract ideas about it. He's more concerned about the nuts and bolts of location work. Synonyms: essentials, basics, fundamentals, nitty-gritty [informal] 14. to close the stable door after the horse has bolted phrase [VERB inflects] If you say that someone has closed or shut the stable door after the horse has bolted, you mean that they have tried to prevent something happening but they have done so too late to prevent damage being done. Phrasal verbs: bolt down bolt [sense 6] Idioms: someone has shot their bolt [British] said to mean that someone has done everything they can to achieve something but has failed, and now can do nothing else to achieve their aims The opposition have really shot their bolt; they'll never ever get any more votes than this. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers a bolt from the blue or a bolt out of the blue an event or piece of news that surprises you because it was completely unexpected Mrs Thomas says the arrest had come `like a bolt out of the blue'. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: bolt a door I make it into my apartment and bolt the door behind me. Times, Sunday Times Everyone who makes it to the fallout shelter tries to bolt the door behind him. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He had been forced to work there by a trafficker who bolted the doors and bricked up the windows to prevent him escaping. Times, Sunday Times The store worker realised staff had gone out and bolted the door as he waited in the foyer to make a statement. The Sun Then if a downpour threatens, quickly dive inside, bolt the doors and lock them out. The Sun The effect on him was amazing, like he'd had a bolt of electricity through him. The Sun These fire a bolt of electricity, presumably created by amplified microwaves. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Sometimes he also has the bizarre sensation that bolts of electricity are going off in his brain. Globe and Mail Blue enables the dragon to fire downward bolts of electricity from its underside. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Plasmids grant activated powers such as creating shockwaves, releasing bolts of electricity, and machine/human possession. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It is thought that these discharges take place when a powerful positively-charged bolt of lightning strikes the ground. Times, Sunday Times (2013) But the demands of success hit them like a bolt of lightning. The Sun (2007) To me it was like a bolt of lightning out of a clear sky. Christianity Today (2000) The bolt of lightning had struck the roof aerial and sent a huge electric charge down to the set. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Then, without warning, a blinding bolt of lightning struck down into the pit, lighting the black depths in a bright flash of incandescence. LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR (2001) The danger comes when a bolt strikes the ground and sends a surge of electric current through the wet soil. Times, Sunday Times Imagine a clear sky with hardly a cloud in sight when, without any warning, a lightning bolt strikes and hurls people to the ground. Times, Sunday Times If a lightning bolt strikes sandy ground, its intense heat can melt and fuse the sand into a glass called fulgurite. Times, Sunday Times If a lightning bolt strikes sandy ground, that intense heat instantly melts the sand, which rapidly cools into a wonderful hollow glassy tube called a fulgurite. Times, Sunday Times A short time later, the sim-car makes a sharp left turn as a lighting bolt strikes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The assumption has been that if you bolt together two such services, equities trading and clearing, you can achieve savings by selling both to the same client. Times, Sunday Times No amount of fond quaintness, however, can excuse the script's overreliance on banal coincidences to bolt together its plot. Times, Sunday Times In some cases, the components can be made to bolt together with fluid paths built-in. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Next he fabricated 21 fiberglass panels on top of that, with interior ribs that aligned and bolted together. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At a stroke it means big projects can be split into smaller elements, which can be delivered by different suppliers and then bolted together. Times, Sunday Times The reflectors were held in place by a retaining band anchored by an explosive bolt. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 During the descent the module separated from two other sections of the craft thanks to explosive bolts. Times, Sunday Times After splashdown, emergency explosive bolts unexpectedly fired and blew the hatch off, causing water to flood into the spacecraft. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Explosive bolts fired to separate the descent module from the service module and the upper launch payload shroud from the lower. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Immediately before the twin solid rocket boosters fired into life, only one set of pyrotechnics in ten explosive bolts exploded when commanded to do so. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The idea was to loosen the bolts of our thinking. Times, Sunday Times This loosens the bolts over time and eventually causes the seal between the head and block to fail. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The spacewalkers loosened the bolts and used a higher torque setting, which managed to close the gap to a smaller width. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He once parked outside a cinema and came out to find somebody had removed the bolts from his front wheel. Times, Sunday Times He had removed a bolt from the lid so it wouldn't self latch when closed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He removed the bolt from the lock on the door, and returned to the courtyard. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The three sections were assembled at the site using large steel bolts. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The hill over the street would be secured by a steel net secured by steel bolts drilled into the ground. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Repeated surveys verified the line ran true between the posts, and steel bolts were installed at fixed intervals along the line. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The principal material of the framework was wood, joined by wooden plates, steel brackets and steel bolts. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Although augmented by steel bolts, the building retained treenails in its framing until its demise. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 门栓, 突然快跑因受惊吓 Japanese: かんぬき, 急に駆け出す |
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