cannonball

B2 FREQ #18826

n. 炮弹

发音

US /ˈkænənˌbɔːl/

词形变化

cannonballs 复数 cannonballs cannonballed cannonballing cannonballs 三单 cannonballing 现在分词 cannonballed 过去式 cannonballed 过去分词

别名

cannon ball cannon-ball

释义与例句

n. B2
  1. 1.

    A spherical projectile fired from a smoothbore cannon.

    炮弹

    工程 政治 军事
  2. 2.

    An explosive-filled hollow iron sphere fused through a hole and intended to explode at a calculated distance rather than explode on impact.

    工程 政治 军事
  3. 3.

    The act of jumping (typically into a swimming pool) with the legs bent and the arms wrapped around the knees to create a large splash, mimicking the flight and shape of a cannonball.

    体育

    The New Yorker, 30 August 2004, p.40

    The cannonball could be called the S.U.V. of the pool — oversized, brash, hormonally hardwired.

  4. 4.

    Something that moves fast, especially a fast train.

    比喻 俚语

    Meetings of the model train club always begin with the song "Wabash Cannonball".

  5. 5.

    A served ball that travels with great speed and describes little or no arc in flight.

    体育
v.
  1. 1.

    To jump or dive into water, performing a cannonball landing.

    不及物

    He cannonballed into the pool, drenching us all.

  2. 2.

    To career; to move rapidly.

    不及物

    The car cannonballed past.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

round shot

上位词 2

missile projectile

相关短语

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词源

From cannon + ball from being a round ball that is fired from a cannon.

来源：wiktionary