Rocket

(noun.) a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion.

(noun.) any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine.

(noun.) propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon.

(noun.) erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender.

(verb.) propel with a rocket.

(verb.) shoot up abruptly, like a rocket; 'prices skyrocketed'.

录入:梅利特

• I say, Dob, I feel just as I did on the morning I went out with Rocket at Quebec. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• These engines weigh as much as 31 tons, which is seven times more than the weight of the Rocket. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• Stephenson and Henry Booth built the Rocket, and, as this was the only engine that fulfilled all the conditions, took the prize. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Three other engines competed with the Rocket, two of which had attained great speed on previous trials. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• The Rocket weighed 41 tons; the tender, with water and coke, 3 tons 4 cwt. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• Well, they are safe so far, said the Demarch thankfully; but, by Jupiter, Maurice, those rascals have heard the rocket go! 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• When I think of this _deggerredation_, I feel that I can bear even my flat nose and purple gown with yellow sky-rockets on it. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• From China the knowledge of them spread to India, and in both these lands rockets were used as missiles of war as early as the ninth century. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The Story in Firecrackers and Sky-Rockets[9] 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• There was much shelling and many rockets in the rain and machine-gun and rifle fire all along the line. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• In time, rockets, squibs and torpedoes were included in the consignment, but it was not until the middle of the nineteenth century that their use became general in America. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The next morning we were at the mouth of the cave at an early hour, provided with guides, candles and rockets. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.

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