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单词 ajostle
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ajostleadj.

Brit. /əˈdʒɒsl/, U.S. /əˈdʒɑs(ə)l/
Forms: 1800s a-jostle, 1800s– ajostle.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: a prep.1, jostle n.
Etymology: < a prep.1 + jostle n.
In predicative use: jostling, in a jostle.
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1883 Harper's Mag. Aug. 483/1 My innermost joints are ajostle.
1893 National Observer 22 July 246/2 The quiet distance is all a-jostle and a-quake.
1908 A. S. M. Hutchinson Once aboard Lugger vi. v. 323 George put a hand to his head. This young man's senses were ajostle and awhirl.
1974 J. McGahern Leavetaking ii. 120 We found a café open near Liverpool Street Station: it was ajostle with crowds from the Sunday market.
2006 T. Franklin Smonk vi. 101 Her skirt-tails ajostle, Evavangeline heard leaves rattle in the branches.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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