rocket

1. N-COUNT A rocket is a space vehicle that is shaped like a long tube. 火箭

...the Apollo 12 rocket that took astronauts to the moon. …將宇航員送上了月球的阿波羅12號(hào)火箭。

2. N-COUNT A rocket is a missile containing explosives that is powered by gas. 火箭彈

There has been a renewed rocket attack on the capital. 發(fā)生了對(duì)首都的新一輪火箭彈攻擊。

3. N-COUNT A rocket is a firework that quickly goes high into the air and then explodes. 火箭彈煙花

4. V-I If things such as prices or social problems rocket, they increase very quickly and suddenly. 飛速增加; 飛速上漲[journalism]

Fresh food is so scarce that prices have rocketed. 新鮮食物如此稀缺以致價(jià)格飛漲。

5. V to propel (a missile, spacecraft, etc) by means of a rocket 用火箭運(yùn)送

6. V-I If something such as a vehicle rockets somewhere, it moves there very quickly. (車輛等) 疾馳; 飛奔

A train rocketed by, shaking the walls of the row houses. 一輛火車疾馳而過(guò)，震動(dòng)著排房的墻壁。

7. N-UNCOUNT Rocket is a vegetable with green leaves that are used in salads. 芝麻菜[英國(guó)英語(yǔ)]

...a small salad of rocket and chopped tomato. ...一小盤芝麻菜和西紅柿碎片色拉。