| 单词 | gun-pit |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgun-pit gun-pit n. (a) Fortification an excavation made to receive guns for protection against the enemy's fire; (b) ‘a pit for receiving the mold used in casting a gun, or for receiving the tube or jacket in assembling a built-up gun’ ( Cent. Dict.); (c) in a fighting aeroplane, the compartment for a gun and gunner. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > shelter or screen > [noun] > pits rifle pit1856 shelter-pit1870 gun-pit1877 society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > [noun] > fuselage > gun-turret or -pit gun-pit1877 gun turret1916 dustbin1934 ball turret1942 1877 M. Prior in Daily News 1 Oct. We..saw the Russians building gun pits and shelter trenches for our next attack. 1884 Instr. Mil. Engin. (ed. 3) I. ii. 8 Field artillery positions protected by breast~works and gun-pits. 1928 C. F. S. Gamble Story N. Sea Air Station xii The German officer..standing in the after gun-pit. < as lemmas |
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