English Dictionary

cannonball

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈkænənˌbɔːl/

名詞

比喩的用法 俗語

A spherical projectile fired from a smoothbore cannon. / An explosive-filled hollow iron sphere fused through a hole and intended to explode at a calculated distance rather than explode on impact.

日本語の意味

滑腔大砲から発射される球状の弾丸 / 計算された距離で爆発するように設計され、当たる衝撃でなく、内部の爆薬が作用するように仕組まれた空洞の鉄球

The museum displayed a rusty cannonball recovered from the battlefield.

博物館には戦場で見つかったさびた球形の砲弾が展示されていた。

意味（1）

A spherical projectile fired from a smoothbore cannon.

意味（2）

An explosive-filled hollow iron sphere fused through a hole and intended to explode at a calculated distance rather than explode on impact.

意味（3）

(diving) The act of jumping (typically into a swimming pool) with the legs bent and the arms wrapped around the knees to create a large splash, mimicking the flight and shape of a cannonball.

The New Yorker, 30 August 2004, p.40

意味（4）

(slang, figuratively) Something that moves fast, especially a fast train.

Meetings of the model train club always begin with the song Wabash Cannonball.

意味（5）

(tennis) A served ball that travels with great speed and describes little or no arc in flight.

cannonballs （ plural ）