fireball

英 [ˈfaɪəbɔːl]

美 [ˈfaɪərbɔːl]

n.  (尤指在爆炸中心的)火球

复数：fireballs　

BNC.24458 / COCA.14616

牛津词典

noun

• （尤指在爆炸中心的）火球
  a bright ball of fire, especially one at the centre of an explosion

柯林斯词典

• (核爆炸中心等的)火球
  Afireballis a ball of fire, for example one at the centre of a nuclear explosion.

英英释义

noun

• the luminous center of a nuclear explosion
• a ball of fire (such as the sun or a ball-shaped discharge of lightning)
• a highly energetic and indefatigable person
  Synonym:powerhousehuman dynamoball of fire
• an especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding)
  Synonym:bolide

双语例句

• A huge fireball in the night sky!
  夜晚的星空出现火球！
• You must be a fireball in bed.
  你在床上一定干劲十足。
• Once in a while, an extra bright meteor, or fireball, appears. ( 3) Fireballs can sometimes be seen during the day and may even be as bright as the full moon.
  有时，出现一个特别明亮的流星，或火球。有时，白天也能看见火球，它们甚至可能与满月一般明亮。
• The impact's explosive power would have created a white-hot fireball expanding at10 km or more per second.
  撞击所引发的爆炸会形成一个白热的火球，并且以每秒钟10千米或者更高的速度向外扩散。
• The fireball is no longer luminous but it is still very hot and it behaves like a hot-air balloon, rising at a rapid rate.
  火球不再明亮，但它还很热，并且象一个上升得很快的热气球一样。
• The fireball ascended with great rapidity, the initial rate of rise being about a mile per second.
  火球以很高的速度上升，上升的最初速度约为每秒1哩。
• Pictured above, the fireball was photographed streaking above Teton mountains behind Jackson Lake, Wyoming, USA.
  上面影像拍摄的是火流星在美国怀俄明州杰克逊湖后方的提顿山脉上空。
• Laughing rebels filmed the plane as it crashed, gleefully bragging That was a blast look at the smoke! while a fireball rose from the debris.
  武装分子大笑着拍下了飞机坠落的样子，当火球从飞机残骸中升起时，他们兴高采烈的吹嘘道：爆炸了！
• I don't know about the fireball part, but grandson is true enough.
  火爆浪子那部份我不知道，但孙子那部份是确实的。
• It'd be the end universe in a big fireball as all the matter collapses onto itself.
  一团大火球象徵宇宙的结束，物质全部塌缩到原点。