fast, in order to escape M i® ; i§? A —
more at nut n.,
shoot v.
»verb 1 to fasten sth such as a door or window by sliding a bolt across; to be
able to be fastened in this way fHklR±:
[VN] Don’t forget to bolt the
door. £ij
7 7 R H o 0 [V] The gate bolts on the inside. A B&MffiABo
2 [VN] ~ A to B | ~ A and B together to fasten things together with a bolt ^ ( 7 ffl Z7)
The vice is bolted to the
workbench.
n±W0 0 The
various parts of the car are then bolted together.
M |G f£ —• ® o 3 [V] if an animal, especially a horse, bolts, it suddenly
runs away because it is frightened ( )
|fei4 [V, usually +adv./prep.] (of a person
A) to run away, especially in order to escape j® Jp;
( )
ill]®: When he saw the police arrive, he bolted
down an alley. A 7, MAM'#J!fc^ 7 „ 5 [VN]
~ sth (down) to eat sth very quickly : Don’t
bolt your food! M 7 fb <f& # Ini P1! 6
(NAmE) to stop
supporting a particular group or political party If it
#
( ) : [VN] Many Democrats bolted the
party to vote Republican. ffl
S # fP % (HJ M o [also V] 7 [V] (of a plant, especially a vegetable
, JtflaMM) to grow too quickly and start producing seeds and so
become less good to eat
% ( ) ITflfll see stable door
n.
m adv. rm sit/stand bolt
upright to sit or stand with your back straight ^ / ib
'bolt-action
adj. (of a gun Afe) having a back part that is
opened by turning a bolt and
sliding it back
'bolt-hole
noun (BrE) a place that you can escape to, for
example when you are in a difficult situation gif A.;
'bolt-on
adj. [only before noun] able to be easily
added to a machine, etc. to make it able to do sth new H A ^
bolus /'baulas; NAmE 'boulas/ noun 1 (medical @E) a single
amount of a drug that is given at one time ( # ) Mi KE3 dose 2 (technical Ai#) a small
round mass of substance, especially chewed food that is swallowed 7®; 7A; ( ) #0
boma /'bauma; NAmE 'bou-/ noun (EAfrE,
SAfrE) (in wild country) an area surrounded by a fence, often made of sticks,
used to protect animals or people ( SFME$ ) PI
bomb Ow /bom; NAmEba:m/ noun, verb u noun 1 [C] a weapon designed to explode at a particular
time or when it is dropped or thrown : a
bomb
attack/blast/explosion B.‘W; WWMW o a bomb goes off/explodes
7 #'111:7 0 extensive bomb damage A7H: 0 Hundreds of bombs were
dropped on the city, il H 7 # & 3\
7 it $ 7 0 — see also dirty
bomb 2 the bomb [sing.] nuclear weapons ( atomic or hydrogen bombs) JfkiXW', countries
which have
the bomb 3 a bomb [sing.] (BrE,
informal) a lot of money That
dress must have
cost a bomb! ! 4 a bomb [sing.]
[NAmE, informal) a complete failure
M JiRft A RA The musical was a complete bomb on Broadway.
A tc fill 'iH ttl % £ A Sfc o 5 (NAmE) (in American
football MA&J#) a long forward throw of the ball A
#
6 (NAmE) a
container in which a liquid such as paint or insect poison is kept under
pressure and released as a spray or as foam
W) : a bug bomb (= used for killing
insects) iTSTOl be the ‘bomb (NAmE) to be
very good; to be the best ; Hit: Check out the
new website. It’s the bomb! fSilLJi
A#
7! go down a ‘bomb | go (like) a bomb (BrE) to be very successful :
Our performance went down
a bomb. $ f 1R 7 #7 la A1$, 0 0 The party was
really going (like) a bomb. go like a
'bomb
(BrE) (of a vehicle 7-ffi#) to go
very fast ^ mverb 1 [VN] to attack sb/sth by leaving a bomb in a
place or by dropping bombs from a plane M‘)$; A--7S 7 #: Terrorists
bombed several army barracks.