英语词汇“evening gun”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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evening gun

evening gun n. Military a gun fired at a set time in the evening, esp. one fired at sunset to mark the end of the day (cf. sunset gun n. at sunset n. Compounds 7).

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1744 J. Philips Authentic Jrnl. Exped. Anson 118 We began to fire the Morning and Evening Guns.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Evening Gun, the warning-piece, after the firing of which the sentries challenge.

1942 Life 26 Oct. 128/1 At its last note the evening gun is fired, and the flag is slowly lowered.

2012 K. Candlin Last Caribbean Frontier vi. 118 Thomas Picton regularly took an evening stroll to the sea fort near Marine Square to hear the evening gun shoot off its salute.

extracted from eveningn.¹adv.int.

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单词	evening gun
释义	> as lemmas evening gun evening gun n. Military a gun fired at a set time in the evening, esp. one fired at sunset to mark the end of the day (cf. sunset gun n. at sunset n. Compounds 7). ΚΠ 1744 J. Philips Authentic Jrnl. Exped. Anson 118 We began to fire the Morning and Evening Guns. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Evening Gun, the warning-piece, after the firing of which the sentries challenge. 1942 Life 26 Oct. 128/1 At its last note the evening gun is fired, and the flag is slowly lowered. 2012 K. Candlin Last Caribbean Frontier vi. 118 Thomas Picton regularly took an evening stroll to the sea fort near Marine Square to hear the evening gun shoot off its salute. extracted from eveningn.¹adv.int. < as lemmas
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