| 单词 | limpet charge |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslimpet charge 2. A type of explosive device that is attached magnetically to a ship's hull; so limpet bomb, limpet charge, limpet mine. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > naval weapons and equipment > [noun] > mine undermine1682 American turtle1775 torpedo1776 submarine1846 mine1862 pole torpedo1877 ground-torpedo1878 spar torpedo1878 countermine1880 acoustic mine1923 magnetic mine1939 limpet1942 pressure mine1943 oyster1945 1942 W. S. Churchill Secret Session Speeches (1946) 50 Explosions occurred in the bottoms of the Valiant and Queen Elizabeth, produced by limpet bombs fixed with extraordinary courage and ingenuity. 1949 F. Maclean Eastern Approaches ii. iii. 202 We fixed a couple of ‘limpets’ to her stern. These were half-spheres of metal, made to contain a pound or so of high explosive and fitted with a magnetic device to hold them to the side of the ship. 1955 J. Thomas No Banners xix. 175 He wanted permission to use six limpet charges. 1959 Chambers's Encycl. IX. 428 Midget submarines placed these limpet mines which, being magnetized, clung to the hull and were fired by a time fuze. 1962 G. Weller All about Submarines (1963) viii. 115 The German officers were sure that limpet mines had been attached to the keel of their battleship. 1971 D. Bagley Freedom Trap ix. 198 What do we use instead of a limpet?.. I can't invade her in the middle of the Grand Harbour. < as lemmas |
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