a small metal object that is fired from a gun 子彈；彈丸 He was found to have a single bullet wound in his chest. 發現他的胸部僅有一處槍傷。 There were bullet holes in the door. 門上有彈孔。 He was killed by a bullet in the head. 他頭部中彈死亡。 A soldier fired live bullets into the crowd. 一名士兵向人群發射實彈。 The mirror had been broken by bullets from a gun. 鏡子被槍的子彈打碎了。 An assassin's bullet killed Martin Luther King Jr. 一顆刺客的子彈殺死了馬丁·路德·金。
Extra ExamplesTopics War and conflictb2A stray bullet whistled past his ear. 一顆流彈從他耳邊呼嘯而過。 He got a bullet in the back. 他背部中彈。 He was killed by a single bullet to the head. 他頭部中了一顆子彈死了。 I would have taken a bullet for Jack. 我本應該替傑克受責。 It is a bullet from the same gun that killed the Italian. 這顆子彈和殺死那個意大利人的那顆是從同一支槍中發射的。 She was shot through the head by a sniper's bullet. 她被狙擊手射出的子彈擊穿了頭部。 Surgeons are trying to remove a bullet lodged near his spine. 外科醫生正試圖將他脊骨附近的子彈取出。 The body was riddled with bullets. 屍體上滿是彈孔。 The bullet missed his heart by less than an inch. 子彈離他的心髒還不到一英寸。 The bullets ricocheted off the stones. 子彈射在石頭上彈了起來。 The embassy was sprayed with bullets. 大使館遭到子彈掃射。 The second bullet hit her in the back. 第二顆子彈擊中了她的後背。 They died in a hail of bullets. 他們在一陣彈雨的掃射中死去。 They had put a bullet through his brain. 他們一槍射穿了他的腦袋。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- speeding
- stray
- single
- …
- dodge
- fire
- spray something with
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- hit somebody/something
- pierce somebody/something
- shoot somebody
- …
- hole
- wound
- scar
- …
- bullet from
- bullet in
- bullet through
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- a hail of bullets
- a volley of bullets
- take a bullet (for somebody)
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Word Originearly 16th cent. (denoting a cannonball): from French boulet, boulette ‘small ball’, diminutive of boule, from Latin bulla ‘bubble’.
Idioms
bite the bullet
- (informal)
to start to deal with an unpleasant or difficult situation which cannot be avoided 硬着頭皮對付不愉快的（或艱難的）情況；咬緊牙關應付 I wasn’t happy with the way my career was going so I decided to bite the bullet and look for another job. 我對自己的職業生涯不滿意，所以我決定硬着頭皮去找另一份工作。
dodge a/the bullet | dodge bullets
- (especially US English, informal)
to only just avoid getting hurt in a dangerous situation 項目符號：僅在危險情況下避免受傷 South Texas dodged a bullet with no direct hit from Hurricane Emily. 南德克薩斯躲過了艾米麗飓風沒有直接命中的子彈。 They dodged bullets and sniper fire to carry out their mission. 他們躲避子彈和狙擊手的射擊來執行任務。