单词	ricochet
释义	ricochet1 verbricochet2 noun ricochetric‧o‧chet1 /ˈrɪkəʃeɪ/ verb [intransitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE ricochet Simple Form Present it ricochets Present ricochet Past it, they ricocheted Present perfect they have ricocheted it has ricocheted Past perfect it, they had ricocheted Future it, they will ricochet Future perfect it, they will have ricocheted Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES A bullet ricocheted off the rock he was hiding behind. I heard the shot ricochet, then felt a sudden pain in my leg. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS After ricocheting from one emotional moment to another today, she was now face to face with possible disaster. At one point, laughing, they fired off a couple of rounds, ricocheting the bullets against a wall. Every day, billions of dollars ricochet around in the globalized economy. I fled to my bedroom, terror, indignation, and confusion ricocheting in me. If it travelled up into the skull it might ricochet off the skull table and bed itself in the bone. It looks lovely right up until it ricochets off the backboard. The distributed mass of ricocheting impulses which form the foundation of intelligence forbid deterministic results for a given starting point. What agriculture fires at nature ricochets back, and the injury is great. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto hit an object or surface and move away again► bounce off to move a long way away from a surface or object after hitting it hard: bounce off something: · The game of squash is played by hitting a ball that bounces off a wall.bounce something off something: · The device works by bouncing sound waves off objects and measuring the time it takes for the sound to return. ► rebound to hit something and then move away again: · Summers caught the ball as it hit the wall and rebounded.rebound off: · Electrons move around quickly, hitting and then rebounding off each other. ► glance off if something glances off an object that it hits, it hits the surface at an angle and then moves away from it in another direction: · A shot by Best glanced off the rim of the basket. ► ricochet if a bullet ricochets , it hits an object and moves away from it very quickly: · I heard the shot ricochet, then felt a sudden pain in my leg.ricochet off: · A bullet ricocheted off the rock he was hiding behind. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a bullet bounces/ricochets off something (=hits something and moves away from it again)· The bullet ricocheted off a wall. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► off · If it travelled up into the skull it might ricochet off the skull table and bed itself in the bone.· It looks lovely right up until it ricochets off the backboard.· If the ball lands directly on the green it will just ricochet off over the nearest iceberg.· They started whirring up all around like little firecrackers and ricocheting off the windshield by the dozen. if a bullet, stone, or other object ricochets, it changes direction when it hits a surface at an anglericochet off Bullets ricocheted off the boulders around him. ricochet1 verbricochet2 noun ricochetricochet2 noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINricochet2 Origin: 1700-1800 French Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES He was hit by a ricochet. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A few ricochets have made all the difference. He heard the clang of metal on metal, and a ricochet whined viciously past his head. Modern fashion writers interpret this hemline ricochet with sociological spins. This ricochet process is normal enough. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a bullet bounces/ricochets off something (=hits something and moves away from it again)· The bullet ricocheted off a wall. something such as a bullet or a stone that has ricocheted:  He was hit in the arm by a ricochet.
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