To render (a gun) unserviceable by driving a spike into the touch-hole; also, to block or fill up (the touch-hole) with a spike. (Cf. 1b.) Also figur…
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| 释义 | the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > be useless for [verb (transitive)] > make useless > make unserviceable (3) spike1871 To render (a gun) unserviceable by driving a spike into the touch-hole; also, to block or fill up (the touch-hole) with a spike. (Cf. 1b.) Also figur… throw1902 colloquial. transitive. Originally and chiefly U.S. To cause (a coupling in a mechanism, as a clutch, etc.) to break, move out of alignment, or… spike-bozzle1915 transitive. To destroy (an enemy aircraft, esp. an airship) completely. Also in extended use. |
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