| 单词 | rocket |
| 释义 | rocket (once / 525 pages) 1nv 2n A rocket is a space vehicle or missile, or the special engine that's meant to propel such a vehicle into the air. You can even get a model rocket that's small enough to shoot off in your back yard. A rocket or rocket engine uses thrust to propel something toward the sky, whether it's a spacecraft that will orbit the Earth or a bottle rocket that will explode overheard. You can use the word as a verb, too, to mean "move rapidly": "Without a parachute, the skydiver would rocket to the ground." It also means "increase rapidly": "After the election, the price of gas began to rocket upwards." WORD FAMILYrocket: rocketed, rocketing, rocketry, rockets USAGE EXAMPLESBut it is not as if the Rockets are superior to the Thunder simply because Harden is subtly winning the superstar matchup. New York Times(Jan 03, 2017) Washington did a fine job limiting Harden but couldn’t keep the “other guys” down in the Rockets’ 101-91 win at Toyota Center. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) No one was on board the rocket, and there were no injuries. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion Syn|Hypo|Hyper rocket engine booster, booster rocket, booster unit, takeoff booster, takeoff rocket the first stage of a multistage rocket nuclear rocketa rocket engine in which a nuclear reactor is used to heat a propellant retrorocketa small rocket engine on a larger rocket or spacecraft that is fired to slow or alter its course space rocketa rocket powerful enough to travel into outer space thrustera small rocket engine that provides the thrust needed to maneuver a spacecraft jet engine a gas turbine produces a stream of hot gas that propels a jet plane by reaction propulsion 2n any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine Syn|Hypo|Hyper projectile missile a rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives; may be ballistic or directed by remote control multistage rocket, step rocketa rocket having two or more rocket engines (each with its own fuel) that are fired in succession and jettisoned when the fuel is exhausted research rocket, test instrument vehicle, test rocketa rocket fired for test purposes air-to-air missilea missile designed to be launched from one airplane at another air-to-ground missile, air-to-surface missilea missile designed to be launched from an airplane at a target on the ground ballistic missilea missile that is guided in the first part of its flight but falls freely as it approaches target guided missilea rocket-propelled missile whose path can be controlled during flight either by radio signals or by internal homing devices heat-seeking missilea missile with a guidance system that directs it toward targets emitting infrared radiation (as the emissions of a jet engine) sidewinderair-to-air missile with infrared homing device sounding rocketa research rocket used to obtain information about the atmosphere at various altitudes vehicle a conveyance that transports people or objects 3n propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon Syn|Hyper skyrocket visual signal a signal that involves visual communication 4n sends a firework display high into the sky Syn|Hyper skyrocket firework, pyrotechnic (usually plural) a device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames; can be used to illuminate areas or send signals etc. 5v shoot up abruptly, like a rocket Syn|Hyper skyrocket arise, come up, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise move upward 6v propel with a rocket 2Hyper impel, propel cause to move forward with force n erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender Syn|Hyper Eruca sativa, Eruca vesicaria sativa, arugula, garden rocket, rocket salad, roquette herb, herbaceous plant a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests |
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