missile
美音:
[´mısəl
]英音:
[´mısəl
]n.导弹,发射物
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miss,mit=to send(送),to throw(投;掷)
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missile
/'mɪsaɪl; [US] 'mɪsl; `mɪsl/
n
1 object or weapon that is thrown or fired at a target 可抛掷或发射之物或武器
*Missiles thrown at the police included stones and bottles. 向警察投掷的东西有石块和瓶子.
2 (esp explosive) weapon directed at a target by remote control or automatically 导弹; 飞弹
*ballistic, guided, nuclear, etc missiles 弹道、制导、核...导弹
* [attrib 作定语] missile bases, sites, launching pads, etc 导弹基地、发射场、发射台等. =>illus 见插图.
missile
n[C][
Date: 1600-1700;
Language: Latin;Origin: missilis
'able to be thrown', from mittere;
MISSION]
a weapon that can fly over long distances and that explodes when it hits the thing it has been aimed at
a nuclear missile a missile attackan object that is thrown at someone in order to hurt them
Demonstrators threw missiles at the police.→
ballistic missile, cruise missile, guided missile