bolter

n. 退出党派的人, 脱缰的马, 筛面粉的机器 [机] 筛

发音

UK /ˈbɒltə/
AU
其它 /ˈbɒltə/
UK /ˈbəʊltə/
其它 /ˈbəʊltə/
SCOT /ˈboltəɹ/
US /ˈboʊltɚ/

词形变化

bolters 复数 bolters boltered boltering bolters 三单 boltering 现在分词 boltered 过去式 boltered 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person or thing that bolts, or runs suddenly.

    1992 June, Bill Tarrant, Gun Dogs: Problems with a Hunting Pattern, Field & Stream, page 104, Bolting can be one of the worst problems in dogdom to solve. We′ve all seen a bolter — or rather, we haven't seen him. We released him to hunt, and he was gone for the day, the week, the month. I′ve known of bolters to be gone for years.

  2. 2.

    A plant that grows larger and more rapidly than usual.

    植物学 生物 商务
  3. 3.

    A machine or mechanism that automatically sifts milled flour.

  4. 4.

    A person who sifts flour or meal.

  5. 5.

    A filter mechanism.

  6. 6.

    An obscure athlete who wins an upset victory.

    澳大利亚 体育
  7. 7.

    A horse that wins at long odds.

    澳大利亚 体育 动物学
  8. 8.

    In team sports, a relatively little-known or inexperienced player who inspires the team to greater success.

    新西兰 体育
  9. 9.

    A member of a political party who does not support the party's nominee.

    美国 政治
  10. 10.

    A missed landing on an aircraft carrier; an aircraft that has made a missed landing.

    航空 商务 工程 政治 军事
  11. 11.

    A kind of fishing line; a boulter.

  12. 12.

    Someone who equips a sport route by putting bolts in the rock.

    体育
v.
  1. 1.

    To smear or become smeared with a grimy substance.

    方言
  2. 2.

    To sift or filter through a sieve or bolter.

  3. 3.

    To fish using a bolter.

  4. 4.

    To miss a landing on an aircraft carrier by failing to catch the arresting gear wires with the aircraft's tailhook.

    航空 商务 工程 政治 军事
  5. 5.

    To pound rapidly.

  6. 6.

    To swim or turn sideways while eating.

词源

From bolt + -er.

来源:wiktionary