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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
rocket
rocket [rocket rockets rocketed rocketing] noun, verb BrE [ˈrɒkɪt] NAmE [ˈrɑːkɪt]
noun
1. countable a ↑spacecraft in the shape of a tube that is driven by a stream of gases let out behind it when fuel is burned inside
•a space rocket
•The rocket was launched in 2007.
•The idea took off like a rocket (= it immediately became popular).
2. countable a ↑missile (= a weapon that travels through the air) that carries a bomb and is driven by a stream of burning gases
•a rocket attack
3. countable a ↑firework that goes high into the air and then explodes with coloured lights
4. uncountable (BrE) (NAmE aru·gula)a plant with long green leaves that have a strong flavour and are eaten raw in salads
Word Origin:
n. senses 1 to 3 and v. early 17th cent. French roquette Italian rocchetto rocca ‘distaff (for spinning)’ n. sense 4 late 15th cent. French roquette Italian ruchetta ruca Latin eruca ‘downy-stemmed plant’
Example Bank:
•You don't have to be a rocket scientist to do this job.
•A rocket smashed into the side of the building.
•The government building had been damaged by a rocket attack.
Idioms: ↑get a rocket ▪ ↑give somebody a rocket
verb
1. intransitive (+ adv./prep.) to increase very quickly and suddenly
Syn: ↑shoot up
•rocketing prices
•Unemployment has rocketed up again.
•The total has rocketed from 376 to 532.
•Sales have rocketed by 213 percent.
2. intransitive + adv./prep. to move very fast
•The car rocketed out of a side street.
3. to achieve or to make sb/sth achieve a successful position very quickly: intransitive, transitive ~ (sb/sth) to sth The band rocketed to stardom with their first single.
4. transitive ~ sth to attack a place with rockets
Verb forms: 
Word Origin:
n. senses 1 to 3 and v. early 17th cent. French roquette Italian rocchetto rocca ‘distaff (for spinning)’ n. sense 4 late 15th cent. French roquette Italian ruchetta ruca Latin eruca ‘downy-stemmed plant’
Example Bank:
•They were forced to move out because of the rocketing crime rate.
See also: ↑arugula
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