| 单词 | molotov cocktail |
| 释义 | > as lemmasMolotov cocktail 1. In full Molotov cocktail (also †Molotov's cocktail). A makeshift incendiary device for throwing by hand, consisting of a bottle or other breakable container filled with flammable liquid and with a piece of cloth, etc., as a fuse. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > [noun] > grenade trombe1562 grenade1591 grenado1611 granata1637 hand grenade1637 bag-granado1638 shell1647 glass-grenade1664 globe1672 flask1769 petrol bomb1903 rifle grenade1909 hairbrush1916 Mills1916 pineapple bomb1916 stick grenade1917 fragmentation bomb1918 pineapple1918 potato-masher grenade1925 spitball1925 Molotov cocktail1940 sticky bomb1940 stick-bomb1941 red devila1944 stun grenade1977 flash-bang1982 1940 Times 27 Jan. 6/2 The tanks often get stuck on the road, as the petrol mixture used—the so-called Molotoff cocktail—seems to be unsuitable for these temperatures.] 1940 W. Citrine My Finnish Diary 41 When the soldiers attack the Russian tanks, they call their rudely-made hand grenades ‘Molotov's cocktails’. 1940 Hutchinson's Pict. Hist. War 7 Aug.–1 Oct. 91 Used with success in the Finnish war, the so-called ‘Molotov cocktails’ are considered an effective weapon against armoured divisions and have been adopted by the Home Guard. 1951 J. Carswell in A. Somerville Autobiogr. Working Man (new ed.) p. xiv Feargus O'Connor was trying to popularize the ginger-beer bottle filled with inflammable mixture (a version of the Molotov Cocktail to which Englishmen seem to turn when ammunition is short). 1969 Oz Apr. 5/1 Issue number three carried instructions on how to make a molotov with diagram and said where in the university to strike with same. 1972 R. K. Smith Ransom iv. 168 Thirty cars zooming out of the night loaded with molotovs. 1994 Denver Post 17 Jan. b7/4 I think a few verbal Molotov cocktails now and again keep political debate lively. < as lemmas |
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