English-Thai Dictionary

rocket

N ขีปนาวุธ หรือ ยานอวกาศ ที่ ขับเคลื่อนด้วย จรวด  missile ke-pa-yud-rue-yan-ar-yan-ar-kad

 

rocket

N จรวด  เครื่องยนต์ จรวด  spacecraft ja-ruad

 

rocket

N พลุ  พลุ สัญญา ณ  ดอกไม้ไฟ  skyrocket plu

 

rocket

N พืชช นิดหนึ่ง  phud-cha-nid-nuang

 

rocket

VI พุ่ง ไป อย่างรวดเร็ว  move fast pung-pai-yang-ruad-reo

 

rocket

VI เพิ่มขึ้น อย่างรวดเร็ว  สูง ขึ้น อย่างรวดเร็ว  ascend rise soar poem-kuan-yang-ruad-reo

 

rocket

VT ส่ง จรวด  song-ja-ruad

 

rocketry

N การศึกษา เกี่ยวกับ จรวด  kan-suek-sa-kiao-kab-ja-ruad

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ROCKET

n. An artificial fire-work, consisting of a cylindrical case of paper, filled with a composition of combustible ingredients, as niter, charcoal and sulphur. This being tied to a stick and fired, ascends into the air and bursts.

 

ROCKET

n.[L. eruca. ] A plant of the genus Brassica. There is also the bastard rocket, of the genus Reseda; the corn rocket and the sea rocket, of the genus Bunias; the marsh rocket, the water rocket, and the winter rocket, of the genus Sisymbrium; and the dame's violet rocket, of the genus Hesperis.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ROCKET

Rock "et, n. Etym: [F. roquette (cf. Sp. ruqueta, It ruchetta ), fr. L.eruca. ] (Bot. ) (a ) A cruciferous plant (Eruca sativa ) sometimes eaten in Europe as a salad. (b ) Damewort. (c ) Rocket larkspur. See below. Dyer's Rocket. (Bot. ) See Dyer's broom, under Broom. -- Rocket larkspur (Bot. ), an annual plant with showy flowers in long racemes (Delphinium Ajacis ). -- Sea rocket (Bot. ), either of two fleshy cruciferous plants (Cakile maritima and C. Americana ) found on the seashore of Europe and America. -- Yellow rocket (Bot. ), a common cruciferous weed with yellow flowers (Barbarea vulgaris ).

 

ROCKET

Rock "et, n. Etym: [It. rocchetta, fr. rocca a distaff, of German origin. Named from the resemblance in shape to a distaff. See Rock a distaff. ]

 

1. An artificial firework consisting of a cylindrical case of paper or metal filled with a composition of combustible ingredients, as niter, charcoal, and sulphur, and fastened to a guiding stick. The rocket is projected through the air by the force arising from the expansion of the gases liberated by combustion of the composition. Rockets are used as projectiles for various purposes, for signals, and also for pyrotechnic display.

 

2. A blunt lance head used in the joust. Congreve rocket, a powerful form of rocket for use in war, invented by Sir William Congreve. It may be used either in the field or for bombardment; in the former case, it is armed with shells or case shot; in the latter, with a combustible material inclosed in a metallic case, which is inextinguishable when kindled, and scatters its fire on every side.

 

ROCKET

Rock "et, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rocketed; p. pr. & vb. n. Rocketing.](Sporting )

 

Defn: To rise straight up; said of birds; usually in the present participle or as an adjective. [Eng. ] An old cock pheasant came rocketing over me. H. R. Haggard.

 

ROCKETER

ROCKETER Rock "et *er, n. (Sporting )

 

Defn: A bird, especially a pheasant, which, being flushed, rises straight in the air like a rocket. [Eng. ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

rocket

rock et 1 |ˈräkit ˈrɑkət | ▶noun a cylindrical projectile that can be propelled to a great height or distance by the combustion of its contents, used typically as a firework or signal. • (also rocket engine or rocket motor ) an engine operating on the same principle, providing thrust as in a jet engine but without depending on the intake of air for combustion, an oxidizer being carried on board along with the fuel. • an elongated rocket-propelled missile or spacecraft. • used, esp. in similes and comparisons, to refer to a person or thing that moves very fast or to an action that is done with great force: she shot out of her chair like a rocket. ▶verb ( rockets, rocketing, rocketed ) 1 [ no obj. ] (of an amount, price, etc. ) increase very rapidly and suddenly: sales of milk in supermarkets are rocketing | (as adj. rocketing ) : rocketing prices. • [ with adverbial of direction ] move or progress very rapidly: [ no obj. ] : the cab rocketed down a ramp | [ with obj. ] : she showed the kind of form that rocketed her to the semifinals last year. 2 [ with obj. ] attack with rocket-propelled missiles: the city was rocketed and bombed from the air. DERIVATIVES rock et like |-ˌlīk |adjective ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from French roquette, from Italian rocchetto, diminutive of rocca ‘distaff (for spinning ),’ with reference to its cylindrical shape.

 

rocket

rock et 2 |ˈrɑkət ˈräkit | ▶noun (also garden rocket or salad rocket ) an edible Mediterranean plant of the cabbage family, sometimes eaten in salads. See also arugula. [Eruca vesicaria subsp. sativa, family Brassicaceae. ] • used in names of other fast-growing plants of this family, e.g., sweet rocket. ORIGIN late 15th cent.: from French roquette, from Italian ruchetta, diminutive of ruca, from Latin eruca ‘downy-stemmed plant. ’

 

rocketeer

rock e teer |ˌräkiˈti (ə )r ˌrɑkəˈtɪər | ▶noun a person who works with space rockets; a rocket enthusiast.

 

rocketry

rock et ry |ˈräkətrē ˈrɑkətri | ▶noun the branch of science that deals with rockets and rocket propulsion. • the use of rockets.

 

rocket scientist

rock et sci en tist ▶noun a specialist in rocketry. • [ usu. with negative ] informal an extremely intelligent person: he's a nice kid —maybe not a rocket scientist, but he should come out okay.

 

Oxford Dictionary

rocket

rocket 1 |ˈrɒkɪt | ▶noun 1 a cylindrical projectile that can be propelled to a great height or distance by the combustion of its contents, used typically as a firework or signal. • (also rocket engine or rocket motor ) an engine that operates by the combustion of its contents, providing thrust as in a jet engine but without depending on the intake of air for combustion. • an elongated rocket-propelled missile or spacecraft. • used to refer to a person or thing that moves very fast or to an action that is done with great force: she shot out of her chair like a rocket. 2 [ in sing. ] Brit. informal a severe reprimand. ▶verb ( rockets, rocketing, rocketed ) 1 [ no obj. ] (of an amount, price, etc. ) increase very rapidly and suddenly: sales of milk in supermarkets are rocketing | (as adj. rocketing ) : rocketing prices. • [ with adverbial of direction ] move very rapidly: [ no obj. ] : he rocketed to national stardom | [ with obj. ] : she showed the kind of form that rocketed her to the semi-finals last year. 2 [ with obj. ] attack with rocket-propelled missiles: the city was rocketed and bombed from the air. PHRASES rise like a rocket ( and fall like a stick ) rise suddenly and dramatically (and subsequently fall in a similar manner ).ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from French roquette, from Italian rocchetto, diminutive of rocca ‘distaff (for spinning )’, with reference to its cylindrical shape.

 

rocket

rocket 2 |ˈrɒkɪt | ▶noun (also garden rocket or salad rocket ) [ mass noun ] Brit. an edible Mediterranean plant of the cabbage family, whose leaves are eaten in salads. ●Eruca vesicaria subsp. sativa, family Cruciferae. • used in names of other fast-growing plants of the cabbage family, e.g. London rocket, sweet rocket. ORIGIN late 15th cent.: from French roquette, from Italian ruchetta, diminutive of ruca, from Latin eruca ‘downy-stemmed plant ’.

 

rocketeer

rock ¦et |eer |ˌrɒkɪˈtɪə | ▶noun a person who works with space rockets; a rocket enthusiast.

 

rocketry

rock |et ¦ry |ˈrɒkɪtri | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the branch of science that deals with rockets and rocket propulsion. • the use of rockets.

 

rocket science

rocket sci |ence ▶noun [ mass noun ] [ usu. with negative ] humorous something very difficult to understand: we want you to get out and vote —it's not exactly rocket science. DERIVATIVES rocket scientist noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

rocket

rocket noun 1 guerrillas fired rockets at them: missile, projectile. 2 they lit some colorful rockets: firework, firecracker, Roman candle. ▶verb 1 prices have rocketed: shoot up, soar, increase, rise, escalate, spiral; informal go through the roof. ANTONYMS plummet. 2 they rocketed into the alley: speed, zoom, shoot, whiz, career; informal barrel, tear, bomb, hightail it.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

rocket

rocket noun 1 guerrillas fired five rockets at the capital yesterday: missile, projectile; rare trajectile. 2 Brit. informal he got a rocket from the director. See lecture (sense 2 of the noun ). ▶verb 1 prices have rocketed during the last ten years: shoot up, soar, increase rapidly, rise rapidly, escalate, spiral upwards; informal go through the ceiling, go through the roof, skyrocket. ANTONYMS fall, plummet. 2 they rocketed into the alley ahead of the police car: speed, zoom, shoot, roar, whizz, career, go hell for leather; informal scorch, tear, go like a bat out of hell; Brit. informal bomb; N. Amer. informal barrel, hightail it.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

rocket

rock et /rɑ́kət |rɔ́k -/ (! 強勢は第1音節 ) 〖＜フランス; rock (糸巻き )et (小さな )〗名詞 複 ～s /-ts /1 C ロケット , 宇宙船 (spacecraft ); ロケットエンジン (rocket engine [motor ]).2 C ロケット爆弾 [砲弾 ], ミサイル .3 C ロケット [打ち上げ ]花火 ; のろし (skyrocket ).4 C ｟英 くだけて ｠厳しい 叱責 （しっせき ）▸ give A a rocket Aをどやしつける ▸ get a rocket 大目玉をくらう 5 U ルッコラ 〘サラダ菜の一種 〙.動詞 自動詞 1 ｟報道 ｠〈価格などが 〉急騰する , 急上昇する ; 〈社会問題などが 〉急浮上する (up )▸ The rate of interest is rocketing up .利率が急上昇している 2 急進 [突進 ]する (along , off ); 【場所を 】猛スピードで走り抜ける «through , along » .3 〈人が 〉【目標 地位などに 】(速く )達する «to » ▸ rocket to stardom 一躍スターになる .4 〈猟鳥が 〉まっすぐ舞い上がる .他動詞 1 …をロケットで打ち上げる ; 〈場所 〉をロケット弾で攻撃する .2 〈成功などが 〉 «…に » 〈人 〉をのしあげる «to » .～́ b à se ロケット基地 .～́ g ù n ロケット砲 .～́ l à uncher ロケット発射台 [砲 ].～́ pl à ne ロケット機 ; ロケット砲搭載機 .～́ sc ì ence 1 ロケット工学 .2 ｟おどけて ｠〖否定文で 〗難しいこと .～́ sc ì entist 1 ロケット工学者 .2 ｟くだけて /おどけて ｠〖否定文で 〗頭の切れる人 ; 〘経 〙価格差による利益を得られるような金融商品や企画を立案する人 .～́ sh ì p 宇宙船 .