1758, originally in a military sense, from French ricochet (n.) "the skipping of a shot, or of a flat stone on water" (see ricochet (n.). Related: Ricochetted; ricochetting.
ricochet (n.)
1769, from ricochet (v.) or French ricochet "the skipping of a shot or of a flat stone on water," but in earliest French use (15c.) "verbal to-and-fro," and only in the phrase fable du ricochet, an entertainment in which the teller of a tale skillfully evades questions, and chanson du ricochet, a kind of repetitious song; of uncertain origin.
实用例句
1. He was wounded in the shoulder by a ricochet.
他被一颗跳弹打伤了肩膀。来自柯林斯例句
2. It hit the kerb on the nearside and seemed to ricochet across the road on two wheels.
车的左侧撞到路缘上，似乎飞弹了起来，靠两只车轮越过了马路。来自柯林斯例句
3. We need a lucky ricochet to go our way.
我们需要点运气才能跳出降级区.来自互联网
4. The shots just ricochet off his body like nothin '.
子弹全弹开了,丫屁事儿没有.来自互联网
5. In other words, it irrefutably proves that it was a ricochet.
