单词 | gas shell |
释义 | > as lemmasgas shell gas shell n. †(a) a container for holding gas at pressure (obsolete rare); (b) an artillery shell which releases poison gas upon bursting (now chiefly historical). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or shell > shell > smoke or gas shell smoke-ball1753 stink-ball1753 gas shell1915 tear-shell1916 smoke shell1919 1890 U.S. Patent 424,969 2/1 In place of the auxiliary powder-chamber H, the air or gas shell L may be placed between sabots E and F. 1915 D. O. Barnett Let. 4 July in In Happy Memory 204 Coming through a district where they'd been using gas-shells. 1939 Times 22 Dec. 6/4 Investigate the German charge that the British warships used gas-shells in their battle with the German warship. 2010 M. Harrison Med. War ii. 107 The general practice of the Germans was to employ a variety of different gas shells simultaneously. < as lemmas |
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