| 单词 | rocket gun |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrocket gun rocket gun n. a gun that fires rockets (of any kind). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > portable mortars and rocket-launchers rocket gun1827 widowmaker1855 stovepipe1920 bazooka1943 Stalin organ1955 1827 W. Congreve Treat. Gen. Princ., Powers & Facility Applic. Congreve Rocket Syst. 7 Every third man carries his tube or rocket gun... The Rocket troop is told off in sections of threes, each section being a complete independent force armed with its 6-pounder Rocket gun. 1884 Bull. U.S. National Mus. No. 27. 281 The rocket-gun..throws a large rocket and explosive lance weighing eighteen or twenty pounds, which..is used mainly in coast whaling. 1902 R. Bruce Re-echoes from Coondambo 116 Horsemen now appear, With rocket-guns, to sharply teach The Zulus modern weapon's reach. 1944 Jane's All World's Aircraft p. iii/2 The rocket-guns with which some..fighters were equipped..enabled them to attack. 1973 H. L. Nieburg Culture Storm viii. 145 The guerilla theater group..came in continuously with their orange armbands, waterpistols, and toy rocket guns. 1998 B. King & T. Kutta Impact v. 106 The Special Intelligence Service received a report that Krupp was mass-producing a rocket gun with a 120 km range. < as lemmas |
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