| 释义 |
dart1 /därt/ noun- A pointed weapon or toy for throwing with the hand
- Anything that pierces
- A tapering fold sewn on the reverse of material in order to shape it
- (in pl, treated as sing) a game in which darts are thrown at a board
- A sudden forward movement
- A plan, scheme (Aust informal)
- In some snails, a calcareous needle supposed to be used as a sexual stimulus
- A cutworm moth with a dart-like mark on the forewing (in full dartˈ-moth)
transitive verb- To hurl suddenly
- To send or shoot out
intransitive verb To move, start or shoot out rapidly (frequentative darˈtle) ORIGIN: OFr dart; cf OE daroth darˈter noun - A person who or thing which darts
- A freshwater diving bird (genus Anhinga) related to cormorants
- A medium-sized dragonfly of the genus Sympetrum
- An archerfish
- Applied also to various small American fishes of the perch family
dartˈing adjective dartˈingly adverb dartˈboard noun The target used in the game of darts dartˈ-sac noun The gland that secretes the dart in snails Old Dart see under old |