名詞 rocket:

1. any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine
   同義詞：projectile
2. a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion
   同義詞：rocket engine
3. erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender
   同義詞：roquette, garden rocket, rocket salad, arugula, Eruca sativa, Eruca vesicaria sativa
4. propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon
   同義詞：skyrocket
5. sends a firework display high into the sky
   同義詞：skyrocket

動詞 rocket:

1. shoot up abruptly, like a rocket
   同義詞：skyrocket
2. propel with a rocket

1. Scientists have computed the probable course of the rocket.
   科學家利用計算機計算了火箭可能運行的軌道。
2. A rocket manned by trained astronauts will launch soon.
   載有受過訓練的宇航員的火箭馬上就要發(fā)射了。
3. The first-stage vehicle is used to launch the rocket and is then jettisoned in the upper atmosphere.
   第一級運載火箭是用來發(fā)射火箭的，進入高層大氣後即拋掉。
4. They sent a distress rocket.
   他們發(fā)出了一枚呼救信號火箭。
5. The price of oil has suddenly rocketed up.
   石油價格突然飛漲。

rocket

n.（名詞）

A rocket engine.
火箭發(fā)動機
A vehicle or device propelled by one or more rocket engines, especially such a vehicle designed to travel through space.
火箭：尤指為太空飛行而設計制造的，由一個或多個火箭發(fā)動機推動的飛行器或飛行裝置
A projectile weapon carrying a warhead that is powered and propelled by rockets.
火箭發(fā)射器：一種裝有以火箭發(fā)動機為動力且由其推動的彈頭的發(fā)射武器
A projectile firework having a cylindrical shape and a fuse that is lit from the rear.
火箭式空中大煙火：一種帶引信且從其后部點火的圓筒狀拋擲煙火
v.（動詞）
rock.et.ed,rock.et.ing,rock.ets
v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To move swiftly and powerfully, as a rocket.
像火箭般迅速而有力地運動
To fly swiftly straight up, as a game bird frightened from cover.
如被捕獵的鳥在隱蔽處受驚而急速地徑直往上飛
To soar or rise rapidly:
迅速上升或猛漲：
例句：
The book rocketed to the top of the bestseller list.
這本書一下子就躍居暢銷書榜首

v.tr.（及物動詞）
To carry by means of a rocket.
用火箭運送
To assault with rockets.
用火箭轟擊

來源：
Italian rocchetta [diminutive of] rocca [spindle, distaff]
意大利語 rocchetta [] rocca的小后綴 [紡錘，手工紡紗桿]
[of Germanic origin]
[源于日耳曼語]

rocket
rocket 2

n.（名詞）
A Mediterranean plant(Eruca vesicaria subsp. sativa) having flowers with purple-veined, yellowish-white petals and leaves that are sometimes used in salads. Also called arugula ,rocket salad ,roquette
芝麻菜，紫花南芥：一種生長于地中海的植物（芝麻菜屬 芝麻菜 亞種 綿果芝麻菜） ，它的花有紫色的葉脈和黃白色的花萼，葉子有時用在沙拉里 也作 arugula,rocket salad,roquette
Any of several plants of the mustard family, especially the dame`s rocket and the sea rocket.
尤指紫花南芥和海馬康草等十字花科植物中的任何一種

來源：
Middle English rokette
中古英語 rokette
from Old French roquette
源自 古法語 roquette
from Italian rochetta
源自 意大利語 rochetta
variant of ruchetta [diminutive of] ruca [a kind of cabbage]
ruchetta的變體 [] ruca的小后綴 [一種卷心菜]
from Latin ôrôca
源自 拉丁語 ôrôca