fireball 音标拼音: [f'ɑɪɚb
, ɔl] [f'ɑɪrb
, ɔl]
n . 火球,大流星,太阳
火球,大流星,太阳
fireball n 1 :
an especially luminous meteor (
sometimes exploding ) [
synonym :
{
bolide }, {
fireball }]
2 :
a highly energetic and indefatigable person [
synonym :
{
powerhouse }, {
human dynamo }, {
ball of fire }, {
fireball }]
3 :
a ball of fire (
such as the sun or a ball -
shaped discharge of lightning )
4 :
the luminous center of a nuclear explosion Fireball \
Fire "
ball `\,
n .
1 . (
Mil .)
A ball filled with powder or other combustibles ,
intended to be thrown among enemies ,
and to injure by explosion ;
also ,
to set fire to their works and light them up ,
so that movements may be seen .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
A rare phenomenon often associated with or caused by lightning ,
resembling a luminous ball of fire passing rapidly through the air or along solid objects ,
then disappearing ,
and sometimes exploding .
It seldom lasts more than a few seconds .
Also called {
ball lightning },
{
globe lightning }, {
globular lightning },
or {
kugelblitz }.
[
Webster 1913 Suppl .
PJC ]
3 .
A large mass of fire caused by a large explosion ,
as of inflammable liquids or a nuclear device .
The larger fireballs ,
as of nuclear explosions ,
rise seemingly intact into the air and may reach high altitudes while still glowing .
[
PJC ]
84 Moby Thesaurus words for "
fireball ":
Jupiter Fulgur ,
Thor ,
aerolite ,
alcohol ,
ball lightning ,
benzine ,
bolide ,
bolt ,
bolt of lightning ,
briquette ,
burnable ,
butane ,
carbon ,
chain lightning ,
charcoal ,
chondrite ,
coal ,
coke ,
combustible ,
cosmic dust ,
dark lightning ,
dope ,
ethane ,
ethanol ,
firebolt ,
firing ,
flammable ,
flammable material ,
flying flame ,
forked lightning ,
fuel ,
fuel additive ,
fuel dope ,
fulguration ,
fulmination ,
gas ,
gas carbon ,
gasoline ,
heptane ,
hexane ,
inflammable ,
inflammable material ,
isooctane ,
jet fuel ,
kerosene ,
levin bolt ,
lightning ,
meteor ,
meteor crater ,
meteor dust ,
meteor shower ,
meteor swarm ,
meteor trail ,
meteor train ,
meteoric shower ,
meteorite ,
meteoroid ,
meteorolite ,
methane ,
methanol ,
micrometeorite ,
micrometeoroid ,
natural gas ,
oak -
cleaving thunderbolts ,
octane ,
oil ,
paraffin ,
peat ,
pentane ,
propane ,
propellant ,
radiant ,
radiant point ,
rocket fuel ,
sheet lightning ,
shooting star ,
siderite ,
siderolite ,
stroke of lightning ,
tektite ,
thunderball ,
thunderbolt ,
thunderstroke ,
turf
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