a small bomb that can be thrown by hand or fired from a gun 榴弹;手榴弹;枪榴弹 His vehicle was damaged by a rocket-propelled grenade. 他的车毁于火箭榴弹。
Extra ExamplesTopics War and conflictc2I tossed the grenade through the open door. 我把手榴弹顺着敞开的门扔了出去。 She was holding the grenade above her head, ready to throw. 她握着手榴弹,举过头顶,准备扔出去。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- hand
- smoke
- stun
- …
- be armed with
- carry
- have
- …
- land
- explode
- go off
- …
- attack
- launcher
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘pomegranate’): from French, alteration of Old French (pome) grenate, from pome ‘apple’ + grenate ‘pomegranate’, on the pattern of Spanish granada. The bomb was so named because it supposedly resembled a pomegranate in shape.