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ricochet

/rik-uh-shey, rik-uh-shey or, especially British, rik-uh-shet/US // ˌrɪk əˈʃeɪ, ˈrɪk əˌʃeɪ or, especially British, ˈrɪk əˌʃɛt //UK // (ˈrɪkəˌʃeɪ, ˈrɪkəˌʃɛt) //

反弹,反弹术,跳弹,反弹力

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the motion of an object or a projectile in rebounding or deflecting one or more times from the surface over which it is passing or against which it hits a glancing blow.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    ric·o·cheted [rik-uh-sheyd, rik-uh-sheyd], /ˌrɪk əˈʃeɪd, ˈrɪk əˌʃeɪd/, ric·o·chet·ing [rik-uh-shey-ing, rik-uh-shey-ing] /ˌrɪk əˈʃeɪ ɪŋ, ˈrɪk əˌʃeɪ ɪŋ/ or ric·o·chet·ted [rik-uh-shet-id], /ˈrɪk əˌʃɛt ɪd/, ric·o·chet·ting [rik-uh-shet-ing]. /ˈrɪk əˌʃɛt ɪŋ/.

    • : to move in this way, as a projectile.

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Examples

  • Ezra Klein also makes a compelling case that such ricochet legislating would be tamped down by voters holding both sides accountable for what they pass — or repeal.

  • Luck starts many, many years before scoring a goal that ricochet’s off a defender’s foot.

  • Overnight, a bar owner was shot in the leg by a ricochet bullet.

  • At the same time, there are those who ricochet between denial and rationalization.

  • As they talked, standing beside the river, Ren watched the flat stones he threw ricochet on the water.

  • The general ricochet of the whole over pits and prominences had the gravest pitch of the chime.

  • But he glanced along the port side, like a toboggan down-hill, and he seemed to ricochet over the water.

  • His pistol barked once, sending a singing ricochet along the hall.

  • Nothing could ruffle Tacony, or produce one false step: he flew round the course, every stride like the ricochet of a 32lb.