bolt
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LOCK 锁
■a metal bar on a door or window that slides across to lock it closed （门窗上的）插销，闩•I closed the window and drew the bolt (= slid the bolt across).我关上窗户，拉上了插销。
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SCREW 螺栓
■a screw-like metal object without a point which is used with a nut to fasten things together 螺栓
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LIGHTNING 闪电
■a flash of lightning that looks like a white line against the sky 闪电，霹雳•The house next to ours was struck by a bolt of lightning.我们隔壁的房子被闪电击中了。 ⇒ See also thunderbolt
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ROLL 卷
■a length or roll of cloth or wallpaper （布或墙纸的）一匹，一卷
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WEAPON 武器
■a type of short arrow shot from a crossbow (= a type of weapon) 弩箭；方镞箭
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QUICK MOVEMENT 快速行动
make a bolt for somewhere
■to try to escape by running towards something 逃向…•The thief tried to make a bolt for the exit.小偷想从安全出口溜走。
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a bolt from/out of the blue
■something completely unexpected that surprises you very much 出人意料的事情；睛天霹雳•The news of his marriage was a bolt from the blue.他结婚的消息真是出人意料。
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MOVE QUICKLY 快速移动
intransitive
■to move very fast, especially as a result of being frightened （尤指因受到惊吓而）奔跑，快跑•Frightened by the car horn, the horse bolted.那匹马受到汽车喇叭的惊吓，飞奔了起来。
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EAT 吃
transitive (also bolt down)
■to eat food very quickly 匆匆咽下；囫囵吞下•Don't bolt your food like that - you'll get indigestion.别那样狼吞虎咽——会消化不良的。
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LOCK 锁
intransitive or transitive
■to lock a door or window by sliding a bolt across 闩上（门或窗）•Have you locked and bolted the door?你把门锁上闩好了吗？ •The door bolts on the inside.门从里面闩上。
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SCREW 螺栓
transitive usually + adverb or preposition
■to fasten something in position with a bolt 用螺栓固定•On a ship the furniture is often bolted to the deck.轮船上的家俱往往用螺栓固定在甲板上。
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Phrasal Verbs bolt sth on
■to add an extra part or feature 添加，增加•Other insurers will allow you to bolt on critical illness cover to standard life cover.其他保险公司允许在标准人寿保险承保范围中增加重大疾病。 |