missile
英 ['m?sa?l]
美['m?sl]
- n. 導(dǎo)彈；投射物
- adj. 導(dǎo)彈的；可投擲的；用以發(fā)射導(dǎo)彈的
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詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?missiles;
中文詞源
missile 導(dǎo)彈，發(fā)射物
來自拉丁語(yǔ)mittere,送出，發(fā)射，詞源同emit,commit,-ss,過去分詞后綴。引申詞義發(fā)射物，導(dǎo)彈。
英文詞源
- missile (n.)
- "thing thrown or discharged as a weapon," is 1650s, from missile (adj.), 1610s, "capable of being thrown," chiefly in phrase missile weapon, from French missile and directly from Latin missilis "that may be thrown or hurled" (also, in plural, as a noun, "weapons that can be thrown, darts, javelins"), from missus "a throwing, hurling," past participle of mittere "to send" (see mission). Sense of "self-propelled rocket or bomb" is first recorded 1738; the modern remote guidance projectile so called from 1945.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. The plane was shot down in error by a NATO missile.
- 一枚北約的導(dǎo)彈誤將那架飛機(jī)擊落。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The guidance systems didn't work and the missile couldn't hit its target.
- 導(dǎo)航系統(tǒng)失靈，導(dǎo)彈未能命中目標(biāo)。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. They claimed to have shot down one incoming missile.
- 他們聲稱擊落了一枚來犯的導(dǎo)彈。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The missile buried itself deep in the grassy hillside.
- 導(dǎo)彈深深地埋在雜草叢生的山坡上。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Another missile exploded harmlessly outside the town.
- 又一枚導(dǎo)彈在城外爆炸，沒有造成任何傷害。
來自柯林斯例句