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单词 cannonball
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cannonball

(kænənbɔːl) also cannon ball
Word forms: plural cannonballs
countable noun
A cannonball is a heavy metal ball that is fired from a cannon.

cannonball in British English

(ˈkænənˌbɔːl)
noun
1. 
a projectile fired from a cannon: usually a solid round metal shot
2.  tennis
a. 
a very fast low serve
b. 
(as modifier)
a cannonball serve
3. 
a jump into water by a person who has his or her arms tucked into the body to form a ball
verb (intransitive)
4. (often foll by along, etc)
to rush along, like a cannonball
5. 
to execute a cannonball jump
adjective
6. 
very fast or powerful

cannonball in American English

(ˈkænənˌbɔl)
noun
1. 
a heavy ball, esp. of iron, formerly used as a projectile in cannons
2.  Informal
a. 
a fast express train
b. 
a hard, driving serve in tennis
3. 
a feet-first dive done in a tuck position
adjective
4.  Slang
fast; rapid
verb intransitive
5.  Slang
to move very fast

Examples of 'cannonball' in a sentence
cannonball

The flare went blasting off horizontally over the ice like a cannonball, gushing its orange smoke.
Davis, John Gordon SEIZE THE RECKLESS WIND (2001)
The kettle was as black as a cannonball that had lain three weeks at Borodino, though the water seemed clean enough.
Sillitoe, Alan THE OPEN DOOR (2001)
It resembled a cannonball which had succumbed to a parasitic yellow grass.
Aldiss, Brian SOMEWHERE EAST OF LIFE (2001)
Door reached into the darkness and removed something roughly the size and shape of a small cannonball.
Neil Gaiman NEVERWHERE (2001)

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