喜樂美語
  1. 1n/ˈmɪsəl/ · /ˈmɪsaɪl/missile (weapon)飛彈

    A weapon that flies a long way through the air by itself and explodes when it reaches the place it was aimed at.

    英文 missile 指的是能自己飛很遠、命中目標才爆炸的武器，也就是中文的「飛彈」。它跟 bomb 的差別在於「會自己飛」：bomb 是被放置或投下的，missile 是被發射出去、一路飛向目標。新聞報導裡最常見。

    示範例句 · Example

    The report said the missile travelled more than a thousand kilometres.

    中文翻譯那份報告說那枚飛彈行進了超過一千公里。

    常見搭配

    • a nuclear missile

      核子飛彈

      a missile carrying a nuclear weapon

      The treaty limits how many nuclear missiles each side may hold.

    • a missile attack

      飛彈攻擊

      an attack made using missiles

      The airport was closed after reports of a missile attack.

    • launch a missile

      發射飛彈

      to fire a missile into the air

      The ship launched a missile during the test.

    • a guided missile

      導引飛彈

      a missile that is steered towards its target while flying

      A guided missile can change direction in the air.

    • a missile system

      飛彈系統

      all the equipment used to store, aim and fire missiles

      The new missile system took ten years to build.

    用法接近

    bombweaponlauncher

  2. 2n/ˈmɪsəl/ · /ˈmɪsaɪl/thrown object投擲物

    正式An ordinary object that someone throws at a person or thing, meaning to hurt or damage it.

    這個 missile 不是武器，而是「被拿來丟的東西」——石頭、瓶子、鞋子都算。這個字保留了拉丁文「可以被丟出去的東西」的原意，所以任何被丟出去傷人的物品都能這樣叫。多半出現在新聞或正式報告裡。

    常見搭配

    • throw missiles

      投擲物品

      to throw objects at people in order to hurt them

      A few people began to throw missiles at the fence.

    • other missiles

      其他被丟的物品

      the rest of the objects that were thrown

      Police found bricks and other missiles on the road.

    • be hit by a missile

      被投擲物擊中

      to be struck by a thrown object

      A window was hit by a missile during the night.

    意思相近

    projectileobject

    用法接近

    stonebottlethrow

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

missilenoun/ˈmɪs.aɪl/

  • 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.
    • And I saw askant the armies, / I saw as in noiseless dreams hundreds of battle-flags, / Borne through the smoke of the battles and pierc’d with missiles I saw them, / And carried hither and yon through the smoke, and torn and bloody, / And at last but a few shreds left on the staffs, (and all in silence,) / And the staffs all splinter’d and broken.
  • 2

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

    • That missile is explosive enough to kill hundreds.

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