jostle
英 [ˈdʒɒs.əl]
美 [ˈdʒɑː.səl]
- vt. 推挤,撞;争夺
- vi. 竞争,争夺;推挤
- n. 推撞,挤拥
1. join, juxtapose => joust => jostle.
2. frequentative form of joust.
3. juxt- / juxta- => joust.
4. 谐音“挤哦嗦”。
jostle 推挤,竞争,争夺来自joust,推挤,打斗,-le,表反复。引申词义竞争,争夺。拼写比较claim,clamor.
- jostle
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jostle: see joust
- jostle (v.)
- 1540s, justle, "to knock against," formed from jousten (see joust) + frequentative suffix -tle. The usual spelling 17c.-18c. was justle. An earlier meaning of the word was "to have sex with" (c. 1400). Meaning "to contend for the best position or place" is from 1610s. Related: Jostled; jostling. As a noun from c. 1600.
- 1. Big transcontinental enterprises jostle with one another for world markets.
- 巨大的跨国公司[企业]互相争夺国际市场.
- 2. An assassin grimly carries his mission through the jostle of a carnival.
- 一个行刺的人趁着狂欢节的熙熙攘攘,冷酷无情地去执行任务.
- 3. At the solar surface, convective motions of heated gases jostle the magnetic field line.
- 在太阳表面, 炽热气体的对流运动把这根磁力线冲来撞去.
- 4. European leaders jostle to be snapped standing next to him.
- 欧洲领导人争着与他拍照.
- 5. Pricing is set to get more competitive as banks jostle for business.
- 多家银行竞争该业务,势必使定价趋于市场化.