rockets

1. [C]火箭 a tube-shaped object that is driven through the air
2. [S]斥责 a case of being severely spoken to because one has done sth wrong

1. vt. & vi. (使)飞快地移动 move extremely quickly
2. vt. & vi. (使)迅速增加 increase very rapidly

• fire a rocket发射火箭
• get a rocket受斥责

• booster rocket运载火箭
• space rocket航天火箭

• rocket instinctively本能地迅速增加
• rocket regularly定期地迅速增加
• rocket unexpectedly意外地飞速上升
• rocket up飞涨

• rocket into飞速进入

houston rockets休士顿火箭队（NBA篮球队）

1. They sent a distress rocket.
   他们发出了一枚呼救信号火箭。
2. A rocket manned by trained astronauts will launch soon.
   载有受过训练的宇航员的火箭马上就要发射了。
3. Scientists have computed the probable course of the rocket.
   科学家利用计算机计算了火箭可能运行的轨道。
4. She served a fillet of chicken with a rocket salad.
   她做了一道鸡肉片拌芝蔴菜。

1. The price of oil has suddenly rocketed up.
   石油价格突然飞涨。
2. The book rocketed to the top of the bestseller list.
   这本书一下子就跃居畅销书榜首