projectile
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++pro·jec·tile /prəˈdʒektaɪl $ -tl/ noun [countable] formal 1. PMWan object that is thrown at someone or is fired from a gun or other weapon, such as a bullet, stone, or shell 投掷物；抛射体；发射物〔如子弹、石头或炮弹〕2. projectile vomiting informal when someone vomits with a lot of force, especially because they have drunk too much alcohol – used humorously 喷射状呕吐〔尤因喝了太多酒；幽默用法〕
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projectile• Let us suppose an engineer wishes to fire a projectile faster than light.• There was one sizeable exception: that of a body thrown, a projectile.• The testimony of Venus is that aerial fragmentation of projectiles is extremely important.• A pea-sized projectile is hurtled into a target at speeds of up to sixteen thousand miles an hour.• The projectile was imperfectly aimed but exploded in Verdun, smashing down part of the Archbishop's palace.• Only those electrons which were struck by one of these projectiles would be effected.pro·jec·tile nounChineseSyllable
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projectile
pro‧jec‧tile /prəˈdʒektaɪl $ -tl/
noun [countable] formal
1. an object that is thrown at someone or is fired from a gun or other weapon, such as a bullet, stone, or shell
2. projectile vomiting informal when someone vomits with a lot of force, especially because they have drunk too much alcohol – used humorously
pro‧jec‧tile /prəˈdʒektaɪl $ -tl/
noun [countable] formal1. an object that is thrown at someone or is fired from a gun or other weapon, such as a bullet, stone, or shell
2. projectile vomiting informal when someone vomits with a lot of force, especially because they have drunk too much alcohol – used humorously