bul·let
noun/ˈbʊlɪt/
/ˈbʊlɪt/
Idioms - 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.
镜子被枪弹打碎了。 - An assassin's bullet killed Martin Luther King Jr.
刺客的子弹杀死了马丁·路德·金。
Extra ExamplesTopics War and conflictb2- A 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
- …
- hit somebody/something
- pierce somebody/something
- shoot somebody
- …
- hole
- wound
- scar
- …
- bullet from
- bullet in
- bullet through
- …
- a hail of bullets
- a volley of bullets
- take a bullet (for somebody)
- …
Word Originearly 16th cent. (denoting a cannonball): from French boulet, boulette ‘small ball’, diminutive of boule, from Latin bulla ‘bubble’. - He was found to have a single bullet wound in his chest.
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寻找另一份工作。
- I wasn’t happy with the way my career was going so I decided to bite the bullet and look for another job.
dodge a/the bullet | dodge bullets
- (especially US English, informal) to only just avoid getting hurt in a dangerous situation
逃过一劫；幸免 - South Texas dodged a bullet with no direct hit from Hurricane Emily.
得克萨斯州南部幸运地躲过了飓风艾米莉的正面袭击。 - They dodged bullets and sniper fire to carry out their mission.
他们躲避子弹和狙击手的火力来执行任务。
- South Texas dodged a bullet with no direct hit from Hurricane Emily.