单词 | projectile |
释义 | projectile /preuh jek"til, -tuyl/, n. 1. an object fired from a gun with an explosive propelling charge, such as a bullet, shell, rocket, or grenade. 2. a body projected or impelled forward, as through the air. adj. 3. impelling or driving forward, as a force. 4. caused by impulse, as motion. 5. capable of being impelled forward, as a missile. 6. Zool. protrusile, as the jaws of a fish. [1655-65; < NL, neut. of projectilis (adj.) projecting. See PROJECT, -ILE] |
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