Squib

(noun.) firework consisting of a tube filled with powder (as a broken firecracker) that burns with a fizzing noise.

校对:莫蒂默

• Squibs and crackers were thrown about. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• In time, rockets, squibs and torpedoes were included in the consignment, but it was not until the middle of the nineteenth century that their use became general in America. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• If they succeed, the squibs are discharged and the bull races madly about the arena. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• I am sorry for the loss of the _squibs_. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• They try to fasten on the bull their _banderillas_--barbed darts ornamented with colored paper, and often having squibs or crackers attached. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.

手打:利奥波德