- ballistic
[ballistic 词源字典]
- ballistic: see parable
[ballistic etymology, ballistic origin, 英语词源] - ballistic (adj.)
- 1775, "pertaining to thrown objects," ultimately from Greek ballein "to throw" (see ballistics). Of rockets or missiles (ones that are guided while under propulsion, but fall freely), from 1949. Ballistic missile first attested 1954; they attain extreme heights, hence figurative expression go ballistic (1981) "become irrationally angry."