jolt
[dʒolt]
n. 震摇, 摇动, 颠簸

vi. 颠簸而, 震摇

vt. 使颠簸, 使慌, 猛击

[] 震动

1. The news of the accident gave her an unpleasant jolt.
   她消息吃惊。
2. The car stopped with a jolt.
   汽停震动。

jolt
[ noun ]

1. a sudden jarring impact

<noun.event>
the door closed with a jolt
all the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock absorbers

2. an abrupt spasmodic movement

<noun.act>

[ verb ]

1. move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion

<verb.motion> jar

2. disturb (someone's) composure

<verb.emotion>
The audience was jolted by the play

Jolt \Jolt\, v. t.
1. To cause to move with a sudden motion, especially an up
and down motion, as in a carriage going over rough ground,
or on a high-trotting horse; as, the horse jolts the
rider; fast driving jolts the carriage and the passengers.

2. To stun or shock a person physically, as with a blow or
electrical shock; as, the earthquake jolted him out of
bed.
[PJC]

3. To stun or shock or change the mental state of (a person)
suddenly, as if with a blow; as, the sight of the house on
fire jolted him into action; his mother's early death
jolted his idyllic happiness.
[PJC]


Jolt \Jolt\, n.
1. A sudden shock or jerk; a jolting motion, as in a carriage
moving over rough ground.

The first jolt had like to have shaken me out.
--Swift.

2. A physical or psychological shock; see {jolt} v. t. senses
2 and 3; as, the stock market plunge was a big jolt to his
sense of affluence; he touched the casing of the
ungrounded motor and got a jolt from a short inside.
[PJC]

3. Something which causes a {jolt}[2]; as, the bad news was a
jolt.
[PJC]


Jolt \Jolt\ (j[=o]lt), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Jolted}; p. pr. &
vb. n. Jolting.] [Prob. fr. jole, joll, jowl, and orig.
meaning, to knock on the head. See {Jowl}.]
To shake with short, abrupt risings and fallings, as a
carriage moving on rough ground; as, the coach jolts.