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shrapnel noun[ U ] uk /ˈʃræp.nəl/ us /ˈʃræp.nəl/ small pieces of metal that fly through the air when a bomb or similar weapon explodes and are intended to injure people: 炸弹碎片,弹片 Twelve people were hit by shrapnel in the attack.袭击中共有12人被弹片击中。 a shrapnel wound弹片伤 UKinformal a small amount of money in the form of coins: I wondered if the shrapnel in my pocket was enough for a burger and chips. A piece of shrapnel was embedded in his leg. Plastic tarps over the windows protected them from shrapnel when the building was hit by a missile. You're walking down the street, you see a homeless person, and you give them a handful of shrapnel. 60 quid is mere shrapnel compared with the £500 that fans must shell out for top-price tickets. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Bombs & missiles anti-mine anti-missile anti-radar anti-satellite anti-ship daisy cutter defuse depth charge dirty bomb enrich limpet mine minefield missile Molotov cocktail mortar smart bomb smoke bomb submunition superbomb surface-to-air missile
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shrapnel | American Dictionary shrapnel noun[ U ] us/ˈʃræp·nəl/ small pieces of metal blown through the air when a bomb or other device explodes: Most of the injuries were caused by flying shrapnel. |