missile

C1 CET-4 Oxf 5000 高中 FREQ #5284 ★★★☆☆

n. 发射物, 导弹, 飞弹, 火箭 a. 可发射的

发音

UK /ˈmɪs.aɪl/
CA /ˈmɪs.(ə)l/
US /ˈmɪs.(ə)l/
CA /-aɪl/
US /-aɪl/

词形变化

missiles 复数 missiles

别名

missle

教材释义与例句

名词

导弹；投射物

a weapon that can fly over long distances and that explodes when it hits the thing it has been aimed at

a nuclear missile

核导弹

a missile attack

导弹袭击

释义与例句

n. C1 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    Any object used as a weapon by being thrown or fired through the air, such as stone, arrow or bullet.

    The Rhodians, who used leaden bullets, were able to project their missiles twice as far as the Persian slingers, who used large stones.

    Riot officers and police on horseback were deployed to disperse the crowns, but they came under attack from bottles, fireworks and other missiles.

  2. 2.

    A self-propelled projectile whose trajectory can be adjusted after it is launched.

    飞弹

    导弹

    政治 军事

    That missile is explosive enough to kill hundreds.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

projectile

上位词 4

arm weapon rocket projectile

下位词 10

shot bullet arrow slug dart seeker cannonball boomerang pellet sidewinder

部分词 2

nose vane

相关短语

cruise missile n. [航][军] 巡航导弹 missile silo missile silos missile gap missile gaps missile farm missile farms steely-eyed missile man steely-eyed missile men Cuban Missile Crisis 古巴导弹危机 ballistic missile n. 弹道飞弹，[航][军] 弹道导弹 surface-to-air missile 地对空导弹; 面对空导弹 air-to-air missile 空对空导弹 Patriot missile guided missile 导弹 [电] 导向飞弹

词源

From Latin missile (“thrown weapon, projectile”), neuter of missilis (“throwable, capable of being thrown”), from mittere (“to send”). From 1611. Compare Middle French missile (“projectile”), from 1636.

来源：wiktionary