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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary mis·sile
\\ˈmi-səl, chiefly Brit -ˌsīl\\ adjective ETYMOLOGY Latin missilis, from mittere to throw, send DATE 1611 1. capable of being thrown or projected to strike a distant object 2. adapted for throwing or hurling missiles
noun DATE circa 1656 : an object (as a weapon) thrown or projected usually so as to strike something at a distance stones, artillery shells, bullets, and rockets are missiles : as a. guided missile b. ballistic missile English Etymology missile 1611 (adj.) "capable of being thrown," chiefly in phrase missile weapon, from Fr. missile, from L. missile "weapon that can be thrown," from missus, pp. of mittere "to send." The noun meaning "thing thrown or discharged as a weapon" is from 1656. Sense of "self-propelled rocket or bomb" is first recorded 1738; the modern remote guidance projectile so called from 1945. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 missile mis·sile / 5misail; NAmE 5misl / noun1. a weapon that is sent through the air and that explodes when it hits the thing that it is aimed at 导弹: nuclear missiles 核导弹 a missile base / site 导弹基地/发射场 ⇨ see also ballistic missile , cruise missile , guided missile 2. an object that is thrown at sb to hurt them 发射物；投掷物 SYN projectile
Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English missile noun 1 explosive weapon ADJ. long-range, medium-range, short-range | ballistic, cruise, guided, heat-seeking | land-based | mobile | intercontinental | strategic, tactical | anti-aircraft, anti-ballistic, anti-missile, anti-tank | air-to-air, air-to-surface, surface-to-air, surface-to-surface | nuclear | conventional VERB + MISSILE be armed with, carry | aim | fire, launch | intercept, shoot down | deploy strategic missiles deployed in sparsely-populated desert areas MISSILE + VERB destroy sth, hit sth | miss sth All of the missiles missed their target. MISSILE + NOUN base, site | attack, strike | programme, system | warhead 2 object fired or thrown VERB + MISSILE be armed with, carry, hold a crowd of youths armed with missiles that included petrol bombs | hurl, pelt sb with, throw They pelted her with eggs and various other missiles. MISSILE + VERB hit sb/sth, strike sb/sth OLT missile noun ⇨ bomb Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged mis·sile I. \ˈmisəl sometimes -izəl, chiefly Brit -iˌsīl\ adjective Etymology: Latin missilis, from missus (past participle of mittere to throw, send) + -ilis -ile — more at smite 1. : capable of being thrown or projected to strike an object at a distance 2. : adapted for throwing or hurling missiles II. noun (-s) Etymology: Latin, from neuter of missilis 1. : a weapon or other object thrown or projected (as a stone, bullet, or artillery shell) < spears are still used as missiles in some parts of the world > < open head wounds due to missiles — Journal American Medical Association > 2. : a self-propelling unmanned weapon (as a rocket or a robot bomb) — compare guided missile |
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