| 单词 | ammunition depot |
| 释义 | > as lemmasammunition depot C1. General use as a modifier; esp. with reference to the storage or transport of ammunition, as ammunition box, ammunition depot, ammunition wagon, etc. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > military vehicles > [noun] > vehicles for transport of supplies collectively > ammunition cart or wagon ammunition wagon1648 caisson1704 powder cart1795 car battery1876 society > armed hostility > military equipment > store of weapons or equipment > [noun] > place for storing weapons armoury1440 arsenal1572 magazinea1599 small armoury1713 armamentary1727 place of arms1768 ammunition depot1799 expense magazine1839 bell1858 ammunition dump1918 weapon-pita1944 silo1958 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 83 Ammunition Master, Leon. Blackdon. 1614 T. Lodge tr. Seneca Tranquilitie & Peace Minde iii, in tr. Seneca Wks. 639 He..that hath the gouernment of the Ammunition house. 1648 Designes Un-masqued 6 Their forces..were from time to time paide; and Ammunition-waggons, and other charge defraied. 1777 P. C. J. B. Tronson du Coudray Let. 23 July in G. Washington Papers (2000) X. 372 It was only necessary to place ammunition-boxes..on common carriages. 1799 London Packet 11 Dec. Letters from Memmingen say, that the works in the ammunition depots at that place..have been suspended. 1816 J. Wallis Beauties of Sidmouth Displayed (ed. 2) 35 The flag-staff and small ammunition-house have long ago disappeared. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2604/2 Tow-hook, an artillery-man's hook, used in unpacking ammunition-chests. 1925 H. J. Stenning tr. O. Bauer Austrian Revol. vi. 56 They seized ammunition waggons, and confiscated food stores. 1939 Street & Smith's Western Story Mag. 23 Sept. 48/1 We can use him as a sort of dray to tote guns and heavy ammunition boxes when we start the delivery at midnight. 1996 K. Morris tr. I. Grünbaum Escape through Balkans 65 Here, in this very place, is an underground Italian ammunition depot. 2009 J. Van Roekel Braver Deeds xii. 331 Matt turned back to the road and watched the ammunition wagon disappear around a bend. < as lemmas |
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