missile
noun[C]
uk/ˈmɪs.aɪl/us/ˈmɪs.əl/C2
aflyingweaponthat hasitsownengineso that it cantravelalongdistancebeforeexplodingat theplacethat it has beenaimedat:
导弹a missilelauncher导弹发射器
Missileattackson thecapitalresumedatdawn.对首都的导弹袭击在黎明又重新开始了。
formal
anyobjectthat isthrownwith theintentionofcausinginjuryordamage:
投掷物Stones,bottles, and other missiles werethrownat thepolice.石块、瓶子和其他的投掷物纷纷扔向警察。
- Thesegunswilldestroyordisableanyincomingmissile.
- PresidentKennedy made hisreputationwith hishandlingof the Cuban missilecrisis.
- The missile homed in on theship.
- The new missile isfasterand moremanoeuvrablethanpreviousmodels.
- The missilestrikewasdevastating- thetargetwastotallyobliterated.
Bombs & missiles
- anti-mine
- anti-missile
- anti-radar
- anti-satellite
- anti-ship
- enrich
- enrichment
- Exocet
- firebomb
- frag bomb
- mortar
- mushroom cloud
- napalm
- neutron bomb
- non-conventional
- suicide belt
- suicide vest
- superbomb
- surface-to-air missile
- test ban treaty