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jostle

/jos-uhl/US // ˈdʒɒs əl //UK // (ˈdʒɒsəl) //

挤来挤去,挤挤挨挨,挤眉弄眼,挤兑

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
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    jos·tled, jos·tling.

    • : to bump, push, shove, brush against, or elbow roughly or rudely.
    • : to drive or force by, or as if by, pushing or shoving: The crowd jostled him into the subway.
    • : to exist in close contact or proximity with: The three families jostle each other in the small house.
    • : to contend with: rival gangs continually jostling each other.
    • : to unsettle; disturb: The thought jostled her complacency.
    • : Slang. to pick the pocket of.
v.无主动词 verb
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    jos·tled, jos·tling.

    • : to bump or brush against someone or something, as in passing or in a crowd; push or shove: He jostled for position.
    • : to exist in close contact or proximity with someone or something.
    • : to compete; contend.
    • : Slang. to pick pockets.
n.名词 noun
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    • : a shock, push, bump, or brush against someone or something.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • The cops gingerly transported King to a hospital, rightly guessing that the slightest jostle could have proved fatal.

  • Merchandise meetings and legal jargon jostle uncomfortably with superheroics, pajama parties with saving the world.

  • Outside of the U.S. embassy, thousands of Americans and Haitians jostle daily for a ticket off the island.

  • The two chief bears rush at the Master and the other bears jostle round them, egging them on.

  • In short, he may gratify his every whim and fancy, without a pang of reposing conscience, or the least jostle of his self-respect.

  • The people crowd, the groundlings jostle, men of quality press forward to the platform.

  • In Oxford and Cambridge town and University are mixed together; shops jostle and elbow colleges in the streets.

  • The count also had dealings with the silversmith; for in the quartier Juif all classes meet and jostle each other.