| 单词 | at close range |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat close (also long, short, etc.) range at close (also long, short, etc.) range: at the specified distance from a target or other object (originally with reference to projectile weapons, now also used more generally). Cf. close-range n. at close adj. and adv. Compounds 3, long-range adj. 1, short-range n. at short adj., n., and adv. Compounds 3. ΚΠ 1832 G. R. Gleig Lives Most Eminent Brit. Mil. Commanders III. 337 The fire..would unavoidably enfilade, though at long range, the right of the English position. 1850 Littell's Living Age 7 Sept. 464/1 Head him down with artillery at short range. 1855 Times 8 Oct. 6/3 Under the concentrated fire, at close range, of the allied guns. 1891 ‘M. Twain’ in ‘M. Twain’ & W. D. Howells Mark Twain–Howells Lett. (1960) II. 635 I will plug into you at short range the first chapter of my new book. 1904 F. S. Mathews Field Bk. Wild Birds & their Music 245 At near range, some of the more powerful notes are almost ear-splitting. 1915 St. Nicholas Nov. 58/2 Let us for a moment contemplate at close range these marvelous exponents of end-rush play. 1965 Jrnl. Industr. Econ. 13 188 Individual electronic signals emitted by cars could be recorded at short range by receivers spotted through the congested area. 2002 T. Cadden Good Form xiii. 106 A rifle shot at long range with a telescopic sight. < as lemmas |
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