a small metal object that is fired from a gun 子弹；弹丸 He was found to have a single bullet wound in his chest. 发现他的胸部仅有一处枪伤。 There were bullet holes in the door. 门上有弹孔。 He was killed by a bullet in the head. 他头部中弹死亡。 A soldier fired live bullets into the crowd. 一名士兵向人群发射实弹。 The mirror had been broken by bullets from a gun. 镜子被枪的子弹打碎了。 An assassin's bullet killed Martin Luther King Jr. 一颗刺客的子弹杀死了马丁·路德·金。
Extra ExamplesTopics War and conflictb2A stray bullet whistled past his ear. 一颗流弹从他耳边呼啸而过。 He got a bullet in the back. 他背部中弹。 He was killed by a single bullet to the head. 他头部中了一颗子弹死了。 I would have taken a bullet for Jack. 我本应该替杰克受责。 It is a bullet from the same gun that killed the Italian. 这颗子弹和杀死那个意大利人的那颗是从同一支枪中发射的。 She was shot through the head by a sniper's bullet. 她被狙击手射出的子弹击穿了头部。 Surgeons are trying to remove a bullet lodged near his spine. 外科医生正试图将他脊骨附近的子弹取出。 The body was riddled with bullets. 尸体上满是弹孔。 The bullet missed his heart by less than an inch. 子弹离他的心脏还不到一英寸。 The bullets ricocheted off the stones. 子弹射在石头上弹了起来。 The embassy was sprayed with bullets. 大使馆遭到子弹扫射。 The second bullet hit her in the back. 第二颗子弹击中了她的后背。 They died in a hail of bullets. 他们在一阵弹雨的扫射中死去。 They had put a bullet through his brain. 他们一枪射穿了他的脑袋。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- speeding
- stray
- single
- …
- dodge
- fire
- spray something with
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- hit somebody/something
- pierce somebody/something
- shoot somebody
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- hole
- wound
- scar
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- 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 硬着头皮对付不愉快的（或艰难的）情况；咬紧牙关应付 I wasn’t happy with the way my career was going so I decided to bite the bullet and look for another job. 我对自己的职业生涯不满意，所以我决定硬着头皮去找另一份工作。
dodge a/the bullet | dodge bullets
- (especially US English, informal)
to only just avoid getting hurt in a dangerous situation 项目符号：仅在危险情况下避免受伤 South Texas dodged a bullet with no direct hit from Hurricane Emily. 南德克萨斯躲过了艾米丽飓风没有直接命中的子弹。 They dodged bullets and sniper fire to carry out their mission. 他们躲避子弹和狙击手的射击来执行任务。