ric·o·chet /ˈrɪkəˌʃe, ||ˌʃɛt/
 跳飛,跳彈(vt.)(vi.)(使)跳飛


 Ric·o·chet n.
 1. A rebound or skipping, as of a bullet bouncing off a hard surface, or off the ground when a gun is fired at a low angle of elevation, or of a flat stone thrown along the surface of water.
 Ricochet firing Mil., the firing of guns or howitzers, usually with small charges, at an elevation of only a few degrees, so as to cause the balls or shells to bound or skip along the ground.


 Ric·o·chet v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ricochetted; p. pr. & vb. n. Ricochetting.] To operate upon by ricochet firing. See Ricochet, n. [R.]


 Ric·o·chet, v. i. To skip with a rebound or rebounds, as a flat stone on the surface of water, or a cannon ball on the ground. See Ricochet, n.

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 ricochet
      n : a glancing rebound [syn: carom]
      v : spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball
          bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite
          after they collide" [syn: bounce, resile, take a hop,
           spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate]
      [also: ricochetting, ricochetted]