Her sharp words seemed to jolt him out of his depression.
她那些尖锐的话好像使他从沮丧中清醒过来。
Examples from the Corpus
jolt• Our coachjolted and stopped. Then it started again.• Vic was joltedawake by at least five explosions.• Long before morning, she was jolted awake by sounds outside her room.• Only to have your memoryjolted by a loud and indignantbeep.• He ran down the hill, the backpackjolting from side to side on his back.• Second, the other Lakers will be jolted from their funk by the appearance of Magic.• He thought it was a twig breaking but then something jolted his memory.• My lurchingheartjolts me awake.• The car jolted over the rubblepast a machine, and the panicceased.• It was not the phone that jolted Polly so completely from her dreams, but fear.• Their house had been jolted right off its foundation.• Everyone was alarmed when the elevatorjolted to a halt.• Father Gannon added, his sudden prongedlaughterjolting up her spine.
jolt2 noun [countableC usually singular]
1SHOCKa sudden shock 震惊
jolt of
Melanie experienced a jolt of surprise.
梅拉妮感到一阵惊诧。
with a jolt
Henry sat up with a jolt.
亨利吃惊得坐了起来。
The oil crisis has given the government quite a jolt.
given ... a jolt• Each of us carries an unreliableankle for instance, and Tony had just given his a jolt.• The world economy was given a deflationary jolt.
From Longman Business Dictionary
joltjolt1 /dʒəʊltdʒoʊlt/ noun [countableC]
a shock that causes prices and markets to change suddenly
Many companies got a jolt from the attempted coup.
The crisis gave a jolt to the world energy markets.
joltjolt2 verb [transitiveT]
to give a sudden shock to a person, company, or market
Traders were jolted yesterday by reports warning of recession.
The eruption of war in the Middle East jolted the world’s financial markets.