cruise missile

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ˌcruise ˈmissile noun [countable]  PMWa large explosive weapon that flies close to the ground and can be aimed at something hundreds of kilometres away 巡航导弹

Examples from the Corpus

cruise missile• The vehicles that make up a cruise missile flight will emerge regularly from their base and drive around the countryside to practise.• Another threat to the F-22, he says, is the cruise missile.• A recent example is the termination of the B-1 bomber in favor of the cruise missile.• Otherwise, his supply unit would be on the receiving end of a simulated bomb or Tomahawk cruise missile.• The Pentagon ordered up cruise missile attacks from two of the six cruise-missile equipped warships on patrol in the Persian Gulf.

ˌcruise ˈmissile nounChineseSyllable  

explosive the Corpus that large flies close a to weapon

cruise missile
ˌcruise ˈmissile noun [countable]
a large explosive weapon that flies close to the ground and can be aimed at something hundreds of kilometres away

cruise missileBrE /ˌkruːz ˈmɪsaɪl/ 🔊NAmE /ˌkruːz ˈmɪsl/ 🔊 nouna large weapon with a warhead that flies close to the ground and is guided by its own computer to an exact place 巡航导弹