| 单词 | bottle rocket |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbottle rocket bottle rocket n. (a) North American a small rocket firework, often discharged from an empty bottle; (b) a model rocket made from an inverted plastic bottle that is partially filled with water, into which air is pumped until the resulting pressure forces the water out of the bottle's neck, propelling the bottle upwards; cf. water-rocket n.2 3. ΚΠ 1939 Daily Times-News (Burlington, N. Carolina) 30 Oct. 7/8 (advt.) Get your fireworks now for Halloween... Bottle rockets, 5-ball candles, sky rockets, [etc.]. 1976 R. Telander Heaven is Playground 120 Down the block Chinese boys launch whizzing bottle rockets. 1994 Salina (Kansas) Jrnl. 6 Oct. (Neighbours section) 3/1 Bottle rockets..constructed of..soda bottles... By adding a little water and lots of pressure, you have a first class blastable rocket. 2009 P. Jarvis Soda-pop Rockets 6 The simplest bottle rocket of all [is] made with an unadorned soda-pop bottle, some water, an air pump, and an improvised..stand. 2014 W. K. Krueger Ordinary Grace ix. 88 My mother would have preferred that her sons have nothing to do with bottle rockets and firecrackers and Roman candles. < as lemmas |
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