arrow

arrow — noun

1. a long, narrow stick fired from a bow, with a sharp metal tip on the front end a

1.名詞B1
釋義

a long, narrow stick fired from a bow, with a sharp metal tip on the front end and small feathers fixed to the back end, used as a weapon or in archery sports.

例句

Robin Hood pulled an arrow from his quiver and aimed at the apple.

collocation: pull / fire / shoot an arrow

The arrow struck the wooden target right in the centre.

subject role: arrow + verb of impact

同義詞
  • bolt

    specifically the short arrow used with a crossbow

  • dart

    shorter projectile, usually thrown by hand or blown from a tube

  • shaft

    literary; refers to the long body of the arrow or the arrow as a whole

文法句型

shoot an arrow

fire an arrow

用法筆記

Almost always countable and concrete. Distinguish from sense 2 (the printed sign): you fire or shoot sense 1, but you follow or read sense 2.

常見錯誤

❌He shot the bow at the target.
✅He shot an arrow from the bow at the target.
💡you fire the arrow, not the bow itself.

2. a printed or drawn shape (→) made of a line with a small triangle at one end, us

2.名詞B1
釋義

a printed or drawn shape (→) made of a line with a small triangle at one end, used on signs, screens, or maps to show which way to go or which thing to look at.

例句

Follow the green arrows on the floor to find the exit.

collocation: follow the arrows

A big red arrow on the map showed where the treasure was buried.

同義詞
  • pointer

    often the on-screen cursor or a stick used to point at things

  • marker

    broader; any sign or symbol that marks a place, not only direction

文法句型

follow the arrows

an arrow pointing to / at

用法筆記

Object is usually flat (a sign, screen, paper, or map), not a real object you can hold. Distinguish from sense 1: this sense never takes verbs like 'shoot' or 'fire'.

常見錯誤

❌I shot the arrow on the screen to open the menu.
✅I clicked the arrow on the screen to open the menu.
💡sense 2 (the sign) is read or clicked, not shot.