cannonball

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A spherical projectile fired from a smoothbore cannon.
  2. An explosive-filled hollow iron sphere fused through a hole and intended to explode at a calculated distance rather than explode on impact.
  3. The act of jumping (typically into a swimming pool) with the legs bent and the arms wrapped around the knees to create a large splash, mimicking the flight and shape of a cannonball.
    — The New Yorker, 30 August 2004, p.40
  4. Something that moves fast, especially a fast train. figuratively,slang
    — Meetings of the model train club always begin with the song "Wabash Cannonball".
  5. A served ball that travels with great speed and describes little or no arc in flight.
动词 v.
  1. To jump or dive into water, performing a cannonball landing. intransitive
    — He cannonballed into the pool, drenching us all.
  2. To career; to move rapidly. intransitive
    — The car cannonballed past.

词形变化

cannonballs plural cannonballs present,singular,third-person cannonballing participle,present cannonballed participle,past cannonballed past

词汇关系

衍生词
cannonball effect cannonballer cannonball fungus cannonball mangrove cannonball problem cannonball run cannonball tree human cannonball
相关词
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词源

词源 1
From cannon + ball from being a round ball that is fired from a cannon.
词源 2
From cannon + ball from being a round ball that is fired from a cannon.
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