ricochet

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ric·o·chet1 /ˈrɪkəʃeɪ/ verb [intransitive]  HIT/BUMP INTOif a bullet, stone, or other object ricochets, it changes direction when it hits a surface at an angle 〔子弹、石块等运动物体〕回跳，反弹ricochet off Bullets ricocheted off the boulders around him. 一颗颗子弹从他周围的巨石上弹飞。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

ricochet• After ricocheting from one emotional moment to another today, she was now face to face with possible disaster.• At one point, laughing, they fired off a couple of rounds, ricocheting the bullets against a wall.• I fled to my bedroom, terror, indignation, and confusion ricocheting in me.• The distributed mass of ricocheting impulses which form the foundation of intelligence forbid deterministic results for a given starting point.• Every day, billions of dollars ricochet around in the globalized economy.• What agriculture fires at nature ricochets back, and the injury is great.• It looks lovely right up until it ricochets off the backboard.• A bullet ricocheted off the rock he was hiding behind.• If it travelled up into the skull it might ricochet off the skull table and bed itself in the bone.• I heard the shot ricochet, then felt a sudden pain in my leg.ricochet off• Bullets were ricocheting off the blacktop road no more than 40 feet away.ricochet2 noun [countable]  HIT/BUMP INTOsomething such as a bullet or a stone that has ricocheted 弹飞的物体 He was hit in the arm by a ricochet. 他被一颗跳弹击中胳膊。

Examples from the Corpus

ricochet• He heard the clang of metal on metal, and a ricochet whined viciously past his head.• He was hit by a ricochet.• A few ricochets have made all the difference.• Modern fashion writers interpret this hemline ricochet with sociological spins.• This ricochet process is normal enough.Origin ricochet2 (1700-1800) French

ric·o·chet1 verbricochet2 nounChineseSyllable  

or stone, ricochets, a if Corpus changes it other bullet, object

ricochet

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ric‧o‧chet¹ /ˈrɪkəʃeɪ/ verb [intransitive]
if a bullet, stone, or other object ricochets, it changes direction when it hits a surface at an angle
    ricochet off
    Bullets ricocheted off the boulders around him.

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ricochet² noun [countable]something such as a bullet or a stone that has ricocheted:
    He was hit in the arm by a ricochet.