A bazooka is a long, light gun that a soldier rests on one shoulder and uses to shoot at tanks. It is not a rifle that fires a small metal bullet; the tube is there to send a heavier rocket a short way. The word became famous in the Second World War.

A bazooka is a long, light gun that a soldier rests on one shoulderbazooka 是一種細長、輕便的武器，士兵扛在一邊肩膀上, and uses to shoot at tanks用來射擊坦克。It is not a rifle that fires a small metal bullet它不是那種發射小金屬子彈的步槍；the tube is there to send a heavier rocket a short way那根管子是用來把比較重的火箭彈射出一小段距離。The word became famous in the Second World War這個字在二次世界大戰時聲名大噪。

In everyday English people also stretch it: they call something a bazooka when they mean a huge, blunt tool brought out after small measures have failed. In money news, leaders have talked about a “bazooka” when they mean a very big rescue of cash. That money use is a picture taken from the weapon, not a second machine — the thing you are learning here is still the shoulder gun.

In everyday English people also stretch it在日常英文裡，大家也會把這個字延伸出去用：they call something a bazooka一樣東西被稱為 bazooka, when they mean a huge, blunt tool brought out after small measures have failed是指小手段都失敗後才拿出來的、又大又直接的工具。In money news, leaders have talked about a "bazooka" when they mean a very big rescue of cash在財經新聞裡，領袖們談到「bazooka」時，指的是非常大規模的資金紓困。That money use is a picture taken from the weapon, not a second machine這個財經用法是從武器借來的比喻，不是另一種機器——the thing you are learning here is still the shoulder gun你在這裡學的，仍然是那把扛肩上的火箭筒。