单词 | juddering |
释义 | judderingn. Esp. of something mechanical or motor-driven: the action of shaking or vibrating rapidly, forcefully, and often noisily. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > [noun] > shaking > violent shaking concussion1490 succussion1622 conquassationa1632 concussation1645 succussation1649 squassation1731 racking1865 juddering1924 1924 Times of India 21 Feb. 14 When slip or ‘juddering’ takes place (it is most noticeable when climbing a roughly surfaced hill). 1933 Times 12 Oct. 31/3 The car holds the road in a manner entirely beyond criticism..[and] produces no juddering. 1994 C. McWilliam Debatable Land (1995) vii. 159 I am drawing the riverbed of the Esk, which is gaining new wiggles from the juddering of the train. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). judderingadj. That judders; accompanied by juddering, esp. in to come to a juddering halt. ΚΠ 1950 Air Reserve Gaz. Jan. 26/1 The dear old R.4, the juddering but lovable crate of fabric and dope, levers and push-rods, that trained so many pilots throughout the world. 1962 T. W. Pearce in G. Chatterton Wings of Pegasus viii. 153 We landed sideways, rushing through the tall French corn to a juddering halt. 1973 Weekly News (Glasgow) 11 Aug. 3/3 A sustained campaign has been under way on behalf of crippled people who are provided with those juddering little three-wheeled cars to get about in. 2011 C. Russell & C. Russell Quest of Warrior Sheep xiv. 125 By the time it [sc. the car] had come to a juddering halt and Luke and Saffron had got out of the ditch, the sheep had disappeared. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1924adj.1950 |
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