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词汇 jarring
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Definition of jarring in English:

jarring

adjectiveˈdʒɑːrɪŋˈdʒɑrɪŋ
  • 1Incongruous in a striking or shocking way; clashing.

    the telephone struck a jarring note in those Renaissance surroundings
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Jarring images bled into each other the way the realities of unjust political situations always do.
    • The juxtaposition makes the variation in quality all the more jarring.
    • They basically cut out an entire scene from one episode in a really jarring manner.
    • Their subject matter, though, makes for a jarring and unsettling experience.
    • Opponents say it would have a jarring effect on the skyline.
    • More serious is the way the last half-hour seems to lose pace, then comes to a sudden, jarring halt.
    • Apple trees serve as posts for a construction which presents a jarring contrast to the organic forms of the meadow.
    • Occasionally, the text makes jarring jumps from one subject to another without smooth transitions.
    • Only ears attuned to the metre will hear it, but the shock of recognition is matched by a jarring discord.
    • It is a jarring shift from the fluff I post about to an issue of deadly seriousness.
    • His outburst blaming the vandals on the estate for frightening his wife to death, was a jarring moment of realism.
    • Exhibits are dimmed whilst fantastically big projections of rarely seen war photographs cover the jarring, angular interior walls.
    • There are a couple of jarring notes.
    • Although there are a couple of jarring transitions, the bulk of the movie unfolds with organic clarity.
    • My classmate had such a gift for asking jarring questions out of the blue.
    • A very fine soundtrack shifts from a winsome romanticism in the early moments to the jarring untuned piano notes in the latter fraught stages.
    • The rather jarring songwriting style is noteworthy more for its ambience than its catchiness.
    • The most jarring element of the disc, however, has to be the director's choices.
    • We are ready to concede that life is the only jarring note in this otherwise perfect symphony of matter.
    • That is a more viable option to pass time than to watch this jarring take on a surge of youthful passion.
  • 2Causing a physical shock, jolt, or vibration.

    the van came to a jarring halt
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Tacklers are trying to knock the ball loose with jarring hits.
    • Again it was an extremely hard and jarring landing, but a successful one.
    • He also shook off a clean right hook and a jarring left uppercut in a first round as the Londoner prevented the home favourite from making much of an early impression.
    • Every step I took was having a jarring effect on my shoulders.
    • He's a big hirer, capable of delivering jarring tackles.
    • There's no way it can roll over a flat, smooth road without a sequence of jarring bumps.
    • Runners rarely need pure rest on their days off, just a break from the jarring effects of running.
    • Often, the birds are simply in shock after such a jarring accident.
    • The faces in the end zone are a jumble as the noise envelops him with each jarring stride.

Derivatives

  • jarringly

  • adverb
    • Atkinson's portrayal of two fortysomethings, their disappointments and their soured relationship with their mother is teeth - jarringly accurate, but her courage doesn't stop there.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The tone was jarringly dissonant from the sunny message Kerry and Edwards have emphasized on their first few days together on the campaign trail.
      • The argument that a single company is better positioned than the market to make efficient use of an idea should strike us as jarringly counterintuitive in a market economy.
      • What surprised me most about the books that follow was their desire to bring alternate voices and viewpoints sometimes jarringly into the story.
      • Nakata's film (at least until its jarringly sentimental coda) was a slight, unnerving fairytale sustained by an atmosphere of encircling evil.

Definition of jarring in US English:

jarring

adjectiveˈjäriNGˈdʒɑrɪŋ
  • 1Incongruous in a striking or shocking way; clashing.

    the telephone struck a jarring note in those Renaissance surroundings
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Only ears attuned to the metre will hear it, but the shock of recognition is matched by a jarring discord.
    • The most jarring element of the disc, however, has to be the director's choices.
    • We are ready to concede that life is the only jarring note in this otherwise perfect symphony of matter.
    • A very fine soundtrack shifts from a winsome romanticism in the early moments to the jarring untuned piano notes in the latter fraught stages.
    • His outburst blaming the vandals on the estate for frightening his wife to death, was a jarring moment of realism.
    • More serious is the way the last half-hour seems to lose pace, then comes to a sudden, jarring halt.
    • The rather jarring songwriting style is noteworthy more for its ambience than its catchiness.
    • They basically cut out an entire scene from one episode in a really jarring manner.
    • Jarring images bled into each other the way the realities of unjust political situations always do.
    • Apple trees serve as posts for a construction which presents a jarring contrast to the organic forms of the meadow.
    • My classmate had such a gift for asking jarring questions out of the blue.
    • The juxtaposition makes the variation in quality all the more jarring.
    • Occasionally, the text makes jarring jumps from one subject to another without smooth transitions.
    • There are a couple of jarring notes.
    • It is a jarring shift from the fluff I post about to an issue of deadly seriousness.
    • Although there are a couple of jarring transitions, the bulk of the movie unfolds with organic clarity.
    • Opponents say it would have a jarring effect on the skyline.
    • Their subject matter, though, makes for a jarring and unsettling experience.
    • That is a more viable option to pass time than to watch this jarring take on a surge of youthful passion.
    • Exhibits are dimmed whilst fantastically big projections of rarely seen war photographs cover the jarring, angular interior walls.
  • 2Causing a physical shock, jolt, or vibration.

    the truck came to a jarring halt
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Every step I took was having a jarring effect on my shoulders.
    • Runners rarely need pure rest on their days off, just a break from the jarring effects of running.
    • Often, the birds are simply in shock after such a jarring accident.
    • Again it was an extremely hard and jarring landing, but a successful one.
    • He's a big hirer, capable of delivering jarring tackles.
    • The faces in the end zone are a jumble as the noise envelops him with each jarring stride.
    • There's no way it can roll over a flat, smooth road without a sequence of jarring bumps.
    • Tacklers are trying to knock the ball loose with jarring hits.
    • He also shook off a clean right hook and a jarring left uppercut in a first round as the Londoner prevented the home favourite from making much of an early impression.
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