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BOLT
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bolt1 I. substantiv
1. săgeată;
(fig.) to have shot one's bolt a-şi epuiza resursele / argumentele etc.; a spune principalul; a spune ce a avut de spus.
2. fulger; trăsnet;
(fig.) a bolt from the blue un fulger din (bun) senin, o lovitură de trăsnet / neaşteptată.
3. (tehn.) zăvor, trăgător; piron, cui, pivot; bulon, bolţ, şurub, nit; dorn; limbă (de lacăt).
4. (fam.) fugă;
to make / do a bolt for a fugi după, a o lua la goană după, a se năpusti după.
5. (amer. pol.) dezertare (dintr-un partid, de la un principiu etc.)
6. înghiţire pe nerăsuflate (a mâncării).
7. legătură (de vreascuri).
8. bucată, cupon (de stofă).
9. (mil.) percutor.
10. (mar.) sul de pânză de vele.
bolt1 II. verb A. intranzitiv
1. a o lua la fugă / la sănătoasa / la goană; a se duce glonţ, a zbura (ca o săgeată); a goni; a fugi mâncând pământul.
2. (despre cai) a sări într-o parte.
3. (amer. pol.) a pleca din partidul său; a nu sprijini / a nu susţine pe candidatul partidului său.
bolt1 II. verb B. tranzitiv
1. a zăvorî; a fixa cu un bulon etc. (v. bolt I, 3).
2. a înfuleca, a înghiţi pe nerăsuflate / fără să mestece.
bolt1 III. adverb
glonţ; săgeată;
bolt upright drept ca o săgeată; ţeapăn.
bolt2 I. substantiv
sită, grătar.
bolt2 II. verb tranzitiv
(şi to bolt out) a cerne; a cerceta, a examina, a investiga;
to bolt to the bran a cerceta cu atenţie / amănunţit.
Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:
The glorious new moon of February 23 will occur in Pisces… and also light your house of other people’s money, which is due to get a bolt of energy at this new moon.
(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)
They fought late each night under the electric lights, bolted their meals, and even got in a half hour's work before breakfast.
(Martin Eden, de Jack London)
To my amazement, it was neither locked nor bolted.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Ah, it bolted, and was cared for by one of your neighbours.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
But I am not in heart to describe beauty, for when I had seen the view I explored further; doors, doors, doors everywhere, and all locked and bolted.
(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)
“This is a pollis case, is it? You're a-going to bolt, are you? Come to the pollis, you young warmin, come to the pollis!”
(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)
Then I bolted, for fear I should forget myself.
(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)
"On the contrary," said I, "I bolted my door."
(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)
The squire and Gray were busy helping the captain with his bandages, the coast was clear, I made a bolt for it over the stockade and into the thickest of the trees, and before my absence was observed I was out of cry of my companions.
(Treasure Island, de Robert Louis Stevenson)
If you hear anyone come, bolt it on the inside, and we can get away as we came.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)