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

high-calibre adj. (a) of a high standard; high-quality; (of a person) highly capable; very skilled, experienced, etc.; (b) (of a gun) having a large bore or calibre; (also of a bullet or other projectile) having a large diameter.

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1893 Boston Daily Globe 28 July 5/4 Each event contained a sufficient number of high caliber horses to make the racing interesting throughout.

1893 Ann. Rep. Chief of Ordnance to Secretary of War (U.S.) 643 A close analysis of the Gordon carriage shows that it is as readily adaptable to high caliber guns of great length as to any other.

1916 Boys' Life June 36/1 (advt.) Camp Wyola... High calibre college men as councillors.

1920 J. Dos Passos One Man's Initiation—1917 (1922) iv. 32 Now and then, like some ungainly bird, a high calibre shell trundled through the air overhead.

1967 J. R. Brandon Theatre in Southeast Asia (1974) viii. 163 Government schools..offer high-caliber instruction to young people.

1998 Private Eye 9 Jan. 4/3 (advt.) Our client, a..consultancy supplying IT/Banking Services, seeks high calibre candidates with at least 2 years expertise.

2011 Vanity Fair Aug. 134/1 You start with a brain shot from a helicopter with a high-caliber weapon, not less than a .375.

单词	high-calibre
释义	> as lemmas high-calibre high-calibre adj. (a) of a high standard; high-quality; (of a person) highly capable; very skilled, experienced, etc.; (b) (of a gun) having a large bore or calibre; (also of a bullet or other projectile) having a large diameter. ΚΠ 1893 Boston Daily Globe 28 July 5/4 Each event contained a sufficient number of high caliber horses to make the racing interesting throughout. 1893 Ann. Rep. Chief of Ordnance to Secretary of War (U.S.) 643 A close analysis of the Gordon carriage shows that it is as readily adaptable to high caliber guns of great length as to any other. 1916 Boys' Life June 36/1 (advt.) Camp Wyola... High calibre college men as councillors. 1920 J. Dos Passos One Man's Initiation—1917 (1922) iv. 32 Now and then, like some ungainly bird, a high calibre shell trundled through the air overhead. 1967 J. R. Brandon Theatre in Southeast Asia (1974) viii. 163 Government schools..offer high-caliber instruction to young people. 1998 Private Eye 9 Jan. 4/3 (advt.) Our client, a..consultancy supplying IT/Banking Services, seeks high calibre candidates with at least 2 years expertise. 2011 Vanity Fair Aug. 134/1 You start with a brain shot from a helicopter with a high-caliber weapon, not less than a .375. extracted from highadj.n.² < as lemmas
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