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.
