| 单词 | projectile |
| 释义 | projectile (once / 1977 pages) nadj A projectile is a type of weapon that is propelled towards its target. If you fire a cannon, the cannonball is a projectile, but the cannon itself is not. When projectile refers to a weapon, it is always propelled by something else. Think of the bullet in a gun or a spear thrown by a person. A rocket, which is self-propelled, is also called a projectile. As an adjective, projectile means "propelled forward" as in a projectile force or weapon. Sometimes you see the expression, projectile vomiting, a particularly violent way to throw up. WORD FAMILYprojectile: projectiles USAGE EXAMPLESThe match was suspended after 30 minutes when Metz fans threw projectiles at the Portuguese goalkeeper. Washington Times(Dec 04, 2016) The match was suspended after 30 minutes when Metz fans threw projectiles toward the Portuguese goalkeeper. Washington Times(Dec 03, 2016) Officials say a man at the scene was hit by a projectile, but it’s unclear if it was a bullet that struck him. Washington Times(Nov 30, 2016) 1n a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled Syn|Hypo|Hyper missile arrow a projectile with a straight thin shaft and an arrowhead on one end and stabilizing vanes on the other; intended to be shot from a bow boomerang, throw stick, throwing sticka curved piece of wood; when properly thrown will return to thrower bullet, sluga projectile that is fired from a gun cannon ball, cannonball, round shota solid projectile that in former times was fired from a cannon darta small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot seekera missile equipped with a device that is attracted toward some kind of emission (heat or light or sound or radio waves) pellet, shota solid missile discharged from a firearm spitballa projectile made by chewing a piece of paper and shaping it into a sphere banderillaa decorated dart that is implanted in the neck or shoulders of the bull during a bull fight BB, BB shota small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun bird shot, buckshot, duck shotsmall lead shot for shotgun shells broad arrowan arrow with a wide barbed head butt shafta blunt arrow without a barb; an arrow used for target practice dumdum, dumdum bulleta soft-nosed small-arms bullet that expands when it hits a target and causes a gaping wound full metal jacketa lead bullet that is covered with a jacket of a harder metal (usually copper) grape, grapeshota cluster of small projectiles fired together from a cannon to produce a hail of shot kiley, kyliean Australian boomerang; one side flat and the other convex ball, musket balla solid projectile that is shot by a musket quarrelan arrow that is shot from a crossbow; has a head with four edges rifle balla bullet designed to be fired from a rifle; no longer made spherical in shape rubber bulleta bullet made of hard rubber; designed for use in crowd control arm, weapon, weapon system any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting 2n any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine Syn|Hypo|Hyper rocket 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 3adj impelling or impelled forward a projectile force a projectile missile Syn dynamic, dynamical characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality |
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