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单词 bolt
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boltnoun [ C ]

uk/bəʊlt/us/boʊlt/

bolt noun [ C ] (LOCK)

a metal bar on a door or window that slides across to lock it closed:

I closed the window and drew the bolt (= slid the bolt across).

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Building: locks & locksmithing

  • catch
  • combination
  • deadbolt
  • deadlock
  • fastener
  • fastening
  • hasp
  • key
  • key ring
  • keycard
  • keyhole
  • latch
  • lock
  • locksmith
  • master key
  • mortise lock
  • padlock
  • pass key
  • skeleton key
  • Yale lock

bolt noun [ C ] (SCREW)

a screw-like metal object without a point, used with a nut to fasten things together

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Nuts, bolts & screws

  • nail
  • nut
  • rivet
  • screw
  • thread
  • wing nut

bolt noun [ C ] (LIGHTNING)

a flash of lightning that looks like a white line against the sky:

The house next to ours was struck by a bolt of lightning.
See also
thunderbolt

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Precipitation: stormy weather

  • blow
  • blow up
  • cyclone
  • funnel cloud
  • gale-force
  • hailstorm
  • hurricane
  • ice storm
  • lightning
  • rainstorm
  • sheet lightning
  • snowstorm
  • squall
  • stormy
  • tempest
  • thunder
  • thunderbolt
  • thundery
  • tornado
  • typhoon

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bolt noun [ C ] (ROLL)

a length or roll of cloth or wallpaper

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Textiles: general words

  • baize
  • bias
  • brocade
  • cloth
  • cutpiece
  • denier 1
  • drapery
  • filament
  • gauze
  • nap
  • padding
  • pile
  • pill
  • strand
  • swatch
  • textile
  • the weft
  • upholstery
  • wadding
  • yarn

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bolt noun [ C ] (WEAPON)

a type of short arrow shot from a crossbow (= a type of weapon)

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Target sports

  • aim
  • archer
  • archery
  • arrow
  • bow 1
  • bullseye
  • clay pigeon
  • dart
  • dartboard
  • marksman
  • marksmanship
  • markswoman
  • quiver
  • sharpshooter
  • shooter
  • shooting
  • shooting gallery
  • target
  • target practice
  • trapshooting

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bolt noun [ C ] (QUICK MOVEMENT)

make a bolt for somewhere

to try to escape by running towards something:

The thief tried to make a bolt for the exit.

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Moving quickly

  • beetle
  • belt
  • bob
  • bowl down/along sth
  • careen
  • career
  • gallop
  • gun
  • leg
  • make off
  • outran
  • pelt
  • rush
  • scamper
  • scoot
  • scrabble
  • scramble
  • shoot
  • stampede
  • trot

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Running away and escaping

Idiom(s)

a bolt from/out of the blue

boltverb

uk/bəʊlt/us/boʊlt/

bolt verb (MOVE QUICKLY)

[ I ] to move very fast, especially as a result of being frightened:

Frightened by the car horn, the horse bolted.

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Moving quickly

  • beetle
  • belt
  • bob
  • bowl down/along sth
  • careen
  • career
  • gallop
  • gun
  • leg
  • make off
  • outran
  • pelt
  • rush
  • scamper
  • scoot
  • scrabble
  • scramble
  • shoot
  • stampede
  • trot

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bolt verb (EAT)

[ T ] also bolt down to eat food very quickly:

Don't bolt your food like that - you'll get indigestion.

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Eating

  • al desko
  • ate
  • binge
  • binge eating
  • bite
  • consume
  • feast
  • feast on sth
  • feeder
  • feeding
  • finish
  • gorge
  • pig out
  • put sth away
  • scarf
  • scoff
  • shovel sth into your mouth idiom
  • stoke
  • trough
  • tuck

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bolt verb (LOCK)

[ I or T ] to lock a door or window by sliding a bolt across:

Have you locked and bolted the door?
The door bolts on the inside.

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Locking and bolting

  • bar
  • batten
  • handcuff
  • latch
  • lock
  • lock (sth) up
  • lock sb in
  • lock sb out
  • lock sth away
  • lockable
  • love lock
  • manacle
  • padlock
  • shut
  • shut sth away
  • under lock and key idiom

bolt verb (SCREW)

[ T usually + adv/prep ] to fasten something in position with a bolt:

On a ship the furniture is often bolted to the deck.

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Fastening and tying

  • anchor
  • attach
  • be locked together idiom
  • board sth up
  • bound
  • bow 1
  • buckle
  • buckle up
  • hobble
  • ligature
  • mount
  • nail
  • put sth up
  • reef knot
  • rivet
  • rope
  • tie
  • twist tie
  • tying
  • yoke

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Phrasal verb(s)

bolt sth on
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