詞彙精選：bullet的用法和辨析

一、詳細釋義：

n.

子彈，槍彈，彈丸 [C]

例句：

A bullet-proof car stops bullets from passing through it.

防彈車能防止子彈穿透。

例句：

The bullet missed him by two inches.

那子彈差兩英寸就打中他了。

【俚】解僱通知 [C]

例句：

The boss gave me the bullet.

老闆給了我解僱通知。

例句：

I am almost certain to get the bullet.

我多半會被解僱。

【俚】豆子 [C]

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二、詞義辨析：

bullet,shell

這兩個名詞均與槍彈有關。bullet含義廣泛，指各種槍用的子彈。shell指發射後會爆炸的炮彈。

三、相關短語：

tracer bullet

曳光彈，曳光彈頭

bullet hole

彈孔

bullet train

ph. 1.高速火車

四、參考例句：

The bullet wounded his shoulder.

子彈打傷了他的肩膀。

A bullet grazed his cheek.

子彈擦傷了他的臉頰。

The bullet bedded itself in the wall.

這顆子彈嵌進了牆內。

The bullet became lodged in her spine.

那顆子彈嵌在她的脊椎骨裏。

The bullet went clean through his arm.

子彈穿過他的手臂。

The bullet merely creased his shoulder.

子彈只不過擦破了他肩部的皮膚。

A bullet zinged past his head.

一顆子彈颼的一聲從他頭邊飛過。

A bullet lodged in his thigh.

子彈打進他的大腿裏。

Go with bullet points on note cards.

用小卡片記下演講要點吧。

A bullet whistled past his head.

一顆子彈嗖的一聲從他頭上飛過。