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）擠，推，撞，搡 The visiting president was jostled by angry demonstrators. 到訪的總統受到憤怒的示威者的推搡。 People were jostling, arguing and complaining. 人們推推搡搡，爭吵着抱怨着。
Extra Examplesideas that jostled together in his brain 在他腦中碰撞在一起的想法 He insists on staying in his car as he doesn't like being jostled. 他堅持呆在車裏，因爲他不喜歡被人推搡。 The Senator was jostled by angry demonstrators. 那位參議員受到憤怒的示威者推搡。 The class giggled and jostled each other. 全班咯咯笑，互相推擠。 The market was full of people jostling and fighting their way to the stalls. 市場裏擠滿了擠來擠去的人。
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.