| 单词 | high-velocity |
| 释义 | > as lemmashigh-velocity high-velocity adj. characterized by, involving, or producing a high speed (cf. high-speed adj.); spec. (of a gun) capable of discharging a projectile with great force and speed; (of a projectile) discharged in this way. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > [adjective] > others stocked1497 breeched1575 chambered1611 tower-proof1673 triggerless18.. hair-triggered1806 vizyless1828 high-velocity1854 sighted1859 calibred1887 recoilless1888 sham-damn1895 silenced1909 silencered1935 multicalibre1983 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [adjective] > types of bullet or shell armour-piercinga1686 rifled1797 high-velocity1854 smooth-bore1859 subcalibre1863 whistling1864 full-metal-jacketed1896 full-metal-jacket1898 pipsqueak1916 1854 Mechanics' Mag. 15 Apr. 337 Whitelaw's patent high-velocity steam-engines for driving screw-propellers. 1882 Constr. Vessels of War (U.S. House of Representatives, 47th Congr., 1st Sess.) App. 226 Suppose, then, we should be unable to produce these high-velocity guns. 1934 Discovery June 155/2 The jet of high-velocity air is about 8 feet across. 2001 R. Nicoll White Male Heart (2002) 55 The reverberating crash of the rifle spread out across the hill, an instantaneous whine and the sound of a high-velocity bullet hitting a peatbank. < as lemmas |
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