| 单词 | air mine |
| 释义 | > as lemmasair mine air mine n. a mine (mine n. 5) designed to be deployed from or against an aircraft. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > aircraft weapons or equipment > [noun] > air mine air mine1914 1914 Sci. Amer. 15 Aug. 114/1 The aerial mine is inferior to the sea-mine not only in its vulnerability to currents, but also in its visibility...Against..these handicaps the air-mine can oppose only its cheapness and lightness. 1939 War Weekly 202/3 A German sketch visualising the use of air mines against aeroplanes. The sketch shows a swarm of hydrogen-filled balloons released during an air-raid. Each balloon has hanging from it a chain with a mine attached. 2003 Bradenton (Florida) Herald (Nexis) 2 June 8 b Our use of cluster bombs (a type of ‘air mine’) and depleted uranium (DU) continues to kill civilians long after the war is over. < as lemmas |
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