亚洲网紅露点

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bullet

[ bool-it ]

noun

  1. a small metal projectile, part of a cartridge, for firing from small arms.
  2. a cartridge.
  3. a small ball.
  4. Printing. a heavy dot for marking paragraphs or otherwise calling attention to or itemizing particular sections of text, especially in display advertising.
  5. Cards. an ace.


verb (used without object)

bulleted, bulleting.
  1. to move swiftly.

bullet

/ 藞产蕣濒瑟迟 /

noun

    1. a small metallic missile enclosed in a cartridge, used as the projectile of a gun, rifle, etc
    2. the entire cartridge
  1. something resembling a bullet, esp in shape or effect
  2. stock exchange a fixed interest security with a single maturity date
  3. commerce a security that offers a fixed interest and matures on a fixed date
  4. commerce
    1. the final repayment of a loan that repays the whole of the sum borrowed, as interim payments have been for interest only
    2. ( as modifier )

      a bullet loan

  5. slang.
    dismissal, sometimes without notice (esp in the phrases get or give the bullet )
  6. printing See centred dot
  7. bite the bullet
    See bite
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞产耻濒濒别迟-藢濒颈办别, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 产耻濒顎僱别迟路濒别蝉蝉 adjective
  • 产耻濒顎僱别迟路濒颈办别顎 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of bullet1

1550鈥60; < Middle French boullette, equivalent to boulle ball ( bowl 2 ) + -ette -ette
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of bullet1

C16: from French boulette , diminutive of boule ball; see bowl
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. bite the bullet, to force oneself to perform a painful, difficult task or to endure an unpleasant situation:

    We'll just have to bite the bullet and pay higher taxes.

More idioms and phrases containing bullet

see bite the bullet ; sweat bullets .
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Example Sentences

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One of Japan's busiest bullet train lines came to a halt after a snake tangled itself in a power line, causing a power outage.

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"We in China say 鈥 we have to let the bullet fly for a moment," Col Zhou says.

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A proposed trial to install a waste needle bin in Belfast city centre is not a "silver bullet" but one step to dealing with drugs issues in the city, a councillor has said.

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"I used to have a scar here," says Le Thanh Gian, pointing to his right hand, where a bullet had once lodged.

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At first, protesters were held back at roadblocks by tear gas and truncheons, then police started using water cannons and rubber bullets.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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