单词 | cannonball |
释义 | cannonball (kænənbɔːl ) also cannon ball Word forms: cannonballs countable noun A cannonball is a heavy metal ball that is fired from a cannon. Collocations: human cannonball The 'human cannonball' involves a performer climbing into the barrel of a mock cannon, on the back of a 7.5-tonne truck. Times, Sunday Times Successfully this time, a human cannonball was fired, landing in a net. Times, Sunday Times The first human being in space achieved it similarly - as a human cannonball on top of a rocket, and not as the pilot of a space plane. Times, Sunday Times We're just not sure his new career as a human cannonball can ever work out. The Sun It can also refer to the device propelling a human cannonball. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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