词汇精选：bullet的用法和辨析

一、详细释义：

n.

子弹，枪弹，弹丸 [C]

例句：

A bullet-proof car stops bullets from passing through it.

防弹车能防止子弹穿透。

例句：

The bullet missed him by two inches.

那子弹差两英寸就打中他了。

【俚】解雇通知 [C]

例句：

The boss gave me the bullet.

老板给了我解雇通知。

例句：

I am almost certain to get the bullet.

我多半会被解雇。

【俚】豆子 [C]

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二、词义辨析：

bullet,shell

这两个名词均与枪弹有关。bullet含义广泛，指各种枪用的子弹。shell指发射后会爆炸的炮弹。

三、相关短语：

tracer bullet

曳光弹，曳光弹头

bullet hole

弹孔

bullet train

ph. 1.高速火车

四、参考例句：

The bullet wounded his shoulder.

子弹打伤了他的肩膀。

A bullet grazed his cheek.

子弹擦伤了他的脸颊。

The bullet bedded itself in the wall.

这颗子弹嵌进了墙内。

The bullet became lodged in her spine.

那颗子弹嵌在她的脊椎骨里。

The bullet went clean through his arm.

子弹穿过他的手臂。

The bullet merely creased his shoulder.

子弹只不过擦破了他肩部的皮肤。

A bullet zinged past his head.

一颗子弹飕的一声从他头边飞过。

A bullet lodged in his thigh.

子弹打进他的大腿里。

Go with bullet points on note cards.

用小卡片记下演讲要点吧。

A bullet whistled past his head.

一颗子弹嗖的一声从他头上飞过。