3a bolt from/out of the blueEXPECTnews that is sudden and unexpected 突如其来的消息;晴天霹雳
Was this money a bolt from the blue or did you know you were going to get it?
这是一笔意料之财呢,还是你本来就知道会有的?
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a bolt from/out of the blue• Even so, dismissal should never come as a bolt from the blue, however exalted your place in the corporatehierarchy.• The Mishcon job came like a bolt from the blue.• Inspiration hit me like a bolt from the blue on the way home.
4bolt of lightningDNlightning that appears as a white line in the sky 闪电,霹雳
There’s not much left of his house after it was struck by a bolt of lightning.
bolt of lightning• Atop a mountain he slew his daughter, then was im-mediately struckdead by a bolt of lightning.• But then he also once dodged a bolt of lightning.• It was like a bolt of lightningknocked me out of bed and threw me to the floor.• Her thoughts crystallised with the suddenness of a bolt of lightning.• A bolt of lightningripped it open, and the light was followed closely by a deeprumble of thunder.• Another bolt of lightning struck behind him, and Eugene felt the air seared into ozone on either side of him.• A few bolts of lightning and clouds of smoke later, Turbo was born!
5make a bolt for itBritish EnglishBrEESCAPE to suddenly try to escape from somewhere 急忙逃跑,拔腿便跑
They attacked the driver and he straightaway made a bolt for it.
4.[transitiveT]DH to lock a door or window by sliding a bolt across 闩上,插上〔门或窗〕
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bolt• One of the horses got into a panic and bolted.• When police approached him to ask him some questions, he bolted.• My husband always bolts all the doors before going to bed.• I bolted down my breakfast and was out the door by 8:00.• He was whisked away as his audiencebolted for the exits.• Suddenly a foxbolted from beneath a hedge.• His brutish, stupid face was blotchy with fear now and his eyes were bolting from his head.• The dogbolted into the road, into the oncoming traffic.• Louie wailed, bolting off the steps into his house.• A lowhissing filled the room as she bolted out and slammed the door.• Before I could say a word, she turned and bolted out the front door.• All the doors were locked and bolted so I climbed out through the kitchen window and dropped into a bed of lavender.• Jason bolted the door and closed all the curtains.• Rules and codesbolting the socialstructure tightly into place.• A thin steel cord was bolted to the beam that supported the boxcarroof.
bolt something to something• A wrought-iron bench was bolted to the patio.
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sit/stand bolt uprightSITSTANDto sit or stand with your back very straight, often because something has frightened you 〔常因受到惊吓〕挺直地坐着/站着
She sat bolt upright in the back seat.
她直直地坐在后座上。
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sit/stand bolt upright• She sat bolt upright, aches and pains quite forgotten.• He sat bolt upright and kept his eyes on the table in front of him.• Suddenly I sit bolt upright, feeling a familiarstab of panic that can mean only one thing: the videos!• She sat bolt upright; her features were strong, her mannaforthright, even aggressive.• I walked across her line of vision and she sat bolt upright in annoyance.• We found her sitting bolt upright in bed with all the lights on.• She sat bolt upright in the back seat during the hour long journey, some of which was on a motorway.• Hotspur sat bolt upright in the saddle, his eyes narrowed on the hurtling horsemen, and never moved a hand.• Suddenly, Urquhart stood bolt upright, not twenty yards in front of the deer which froze in confusion.
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bolt• He sat boltupright and kept his eyes on the table in front of him.• Suddenly I sit bolt upright, feeling a familiarstab of panic that can mean only one thing: the videos!