| 单词 | airburst |
| 释义 | > as lemmasair-burst air-burst n. the bursting of a shell or bomb in the air. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [noun] > bursting violently from rest or restraint > exploding fulminating1648 fulmination1651 exploding1790 air-burst1917 society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > [noun] > air operation > bombing raid > dropping of bombs > bursting of bomb in air air-burst1917 society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > [noun] > an artillery shot > bursting of shell in air air-burst1917 1917 ‘Dixhuit’ Artillery Experience v. 62 Air-bursts of shrapnel are conspicuous. 1950 in Effects of Atomic Weapons (Los Alamos Scient. Lab.) ii. 30 The brownish or peachlike tint of the cloud which has been reported, particularly in the Bikini ‘Able’ airburst, is apparently due to nitrogen dioxide. 2006 Foreign Affairs Mar. 50 Currently, the warheads can be detonated only as air bursts well above ground, but the new fuse will also permit ground bursts. air-burst air-burst v. intransitive (of a shell or bomb) to burst in the air. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > attack with aircraft [verb (intransitive)] > of explosive device: burst in air air-burst1946 1946 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 50 486/1 This particular rocket..air burst over Sweden. 1996 P. Godwin Mukiwa (1997) xv. 287 One fell way short, and the other whizzed over our heads and air-burst behind us. < as lemmas |
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