"thing thrown or discharged as a weapon," is 1650s, from missile (adj.), 1610s, "capable of being thrown," chiefly in phrase missile weapon, from French missile and directly from Latin missilis "that may be thrown or hurled" (also, in plural, as a noun, "weapons that can be thrown, darts, javelins"), from missus "a throwing, hurling," past participle of mittere "to send" (see mission). Sense of "self-propelled rocket or bomb" is first recorded 1738; the modern remote guidance projectile so called from 1945.
实用例句
1. The plane was shot down in error by a NATO missile.
一枚北约的导弹误将那架飞机击落。来自柯林斯例句
2. The guidance systems didn't work and the missile couldn't hit its target.
导航系统失灵，导弹未能命中目标。来自柯林斯例句
3. They claimed to have shot down one incoming missile.
他们声称击落了一枚来犯的导弹。来自柯林斯例句
4. The missile buried itself deep in the grassy hillside.
导弹深深地埋在杂草丛生的山坡上。来自柯林斯例句
5. Another missile exploded harmlessly outside the town.
