1. make a bolt for : 急忙向...逃去;
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1. 螺栓
A bolt is a long metal object which screws into a nut and is used to fasten things together.
2. 用螺栓固定;闩上
When you bolt one thing to another, you fasten them firmly together, using a bolt.
3. (门、窗的)金属插销,闩
A bolt on a door or window is a metal bar that you can slide across in order to fasten the door or window.
4. 闩上(门、窗)
When you bolt a door or window, you slide the bolt across to fasten it.
5. (常指人或动物因受惊吓)迅速逃跑,逃窜
If a person or animal bolts, they suddenly start to run very fast, often because something has frightened them.
6. 狼吞虎咽
If you bolt your food, you eat it so quickly that you hardly chew it or taste it.
7. 一道(闪电)
A bolt of lightning is a flash of lightning that is seen as a white line in the sky.
8. (布的)一匹,一卷
A bolt of cloth is a long wide piece of it that is wound into a roll round a piece of cardboard.
9. (蔬菜)生长过快,结实过早(而不宜食用)
When vegetables such as lettuces or onions bolt, they grow too quickly and produce flowers and seeds, and therefore become less good to eat.
10. 突然逃跑;慌忙逃窜
If someone makes a bolt for somewhere, or makes a bolt for it, they make a sudden escape.
11. 晴天霹雳;出人意表;令人大吃一惊
If a piece of news comes like a bolt from the blue, it is completely unexpected and very surprising.
12. 挺直地;笔直地
If someone is sitting or standing bolt upright, they are sitting or standing very straight.
13. nuts and bolts - see nut
to close the stable door after the horse has bolted - see stable
相关词组:bolt down
1. a sudden abandonment (as from a political party)
2. the act of moving with great haste
e.g. he made a dash for the door
Synonym: dash
3. a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener
4. the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key
Synonym: deadbolt
5. a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech
6. a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length
7. a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
Synonym: thunderboltbolt of lightning