jostle
verb [transitive, intransitive]Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they jostle | |
| he / she / it jostles | |
| past simple jostled | |
| past participle jostled | |
| -ing form jostling |
- jostle (somebody)
to push roughly against somebody in a crowd （在人群中）挤，推，撞，搡 The visiting president was jostled by angry demonstrators. 到访的总统受到愤怒的示威者的推搡。 People were jostling, arguing and complaining. 人们推推搡搡，争吵着抱怨着。
Extra Examplesideas that jostled together in his brain 在他脑中碰撞在一起的想法 He insists on staying in his car as he doesn't like being jostled. 他坚持呆在车里，因为他不喜欢被人推搡。 The Senator was jostled by angry demonstrators. 那位参议员受到愤怒的示威者推搡。 The class giggled and jostled each other. 全班咯咯笑，互相推挤。 The market was full of people jostling and fighting their way to the stalls. 市场里挤满了挤来挤去的人。
Word Originlate Middle English justle, from just, an earlier form of joust. The original sense was ‘have sexual intercourse with’; current senses date from the mid 16th cent.