| 英语单词 | jostle |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 ['dʒɒsl] 美 ['dʒɑːsl] |
| 中文释义 | v.推;挤;争夺;争抢 n.推;撞;挤 |
| 英语例句 | (1) The youths jostled against an old lady on the pavement. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 那些青年人在人行道上推推搡搡挤着了一个老太太。 |
| vocabulary简明 | The verb jostle describes being bumped and pushed in a horde of people — or doing the bumping, like those at a concert who jostle their way to the front, and the people jostled out of their spots when the newcomers arrive. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Jostle describes both what someone does, like an impatient person who jostles other people out of his way on a crowded bus or subway car, and what happens to those victims: They may have their bags and cups of hot coffee jostled out of their hands by the impatient one's pushing and shoving. When you say the word jostle remember to shove the t out of the way because it's silent: "JOSS-ul." |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [VERB 动词](在人群中)挤,推,推搡 If people jostle you, they bump against you or push you in a way that annoys you, usually because you are in a crowd and they are trying to get past you. [V n] [V prep/adv] [V to-inf] [Also V
2 [VERB 动词]争抢,争夺(关注、奖赏等) If people or things are jostling for something such as attention or a reward, they are competing with other people or things in order to get it. [V
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