Rocket
['rɒkɪt] or ['rɑkɪt]
解释:
(noun.) a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion.
(noun.) any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine.
(noun.) propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon.
(noun.) erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender.
(verb.) propel with a rocket.
(verb.) shoot up abruptly, like a rocket; 'prices skyrocketed'.
录入:梅利特--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) A cruciferous plant (Eruca sativa) sometimes eaten in Europe as a salad.
(n.) Damewort.
(n.) Rocket larkspur. See below.
(n.) An artificial firework consisting of a cylindrical case of paper or metal filled with a composition of combustible ingredients, as niter, charcoal, and sulphur, and fastened to a guiding stick. The rocket is projected through the air by the force arising from the expansion of the gases liberated by combustion of the composition. Rockets are used as projectiles for various purposes, for signals, and also for pyrotechnic display.
(n.) A blunt lance head used in the joust.
(v. i.) To rise straight up; said of birds; usually in the present participle or as an adjective.
整理:莱斯利
解释:
n. any one of several ornamental Old World herbs of the genus Hesperis of the mustard family.
n. a firework which is projected through the air used for making signals in war and for saving life at sea by conveying a line over a stranded vessel.—v.i. to fly straight up rapidly when flushed.—ns. Rock′et-case a case for holding the materials of a rocket; Rock′eter.
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娱乐性解释：
To see a rocket ascending in your dream, foretells sudden and unexpected elevation, successful wooing, and faithful keeping of the marriage vows. To see them falling, unhappy unions may be expected.
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例句:
- I say, Dob, I feel just as I did on the morning I went out with Rocket at Quebec. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- These engines weigh as much as 31 tons, which is seven times more than the weight of the Rocket. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
- Stephenson and Henry Booth built the Rocket, and, as this was the only engine that fulfilled all the conditions, took the prize. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- Three other engines competed with the Rocket, two of which had attained great speed on previous trials. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
- The Rocket weighed 41 tons; the tender, with water and coke, 3 tons 4 cwt. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
- Well, they are safe so far, said the Demarch thankfully; but, by Jupiter, Maurice, those rascals have heard the rocket go! 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- When I think of this _deggerredation_, I feel that I can bear even my flat nose and purple gown with yellow sky-rockets on it. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- From China the knowledge of them spread to India, and in both these lands rockets were used as missiles of war as early as the ninth century. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- The Story in Firecrackers and Sky-Rockets[9] 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- There was much shelling and many rockets in the rain and machine-gun and rifle fire all along the line. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
- In time, rockets, squibs and torpedoes were included in the consignment, but it was not until the middle of the nineteenth century that their use became general in America. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- The next morning we were at the mouth of the cave at an early hour, provided with guides, candles and rockets. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
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