| 单词 | big bertha |
| 释义 | > as lemmasBig Bertha Soldiers' name for a German gun or mortar of large bore, used in the war of 1914–18; frequently Big Bertha, (now historical and rare) Long Bertha. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > large or long pieces serpentinec1450 culverin1515 headstick1516 slang1521 sling1547 basilisk1549 basilc1565 Roaring Meg1575 serpitanta1578 whole culverin1577 cannon1587 whole-cannon1589 cannon pedro1625 royal mortar1761 Long Tom1812 serpent1830 twelve-incher1909 Big Bertha1914 big boy1917 Lizzie1925 1914 Scotsman 30 Oct. 9/6 This mortar of 42 centimeters was made at the Krupp works, and for this reason the Germans have baptised it ‘Bertha— die fleissige’ (Bertha, the Zealous), Bertha being the name of Madame Krupp von Bohlen. 1914 Scotsman 30 Oct. 9/6 ‘Bertha’ is not the delicate plaything that it has sometimes been represented to be, and the maximum of 150 shells that they say can be fired from the gun is below the truth. 1918 Illustr. London News 8 June 664 (caption) Shelling Paris at 74-mile range: ‘Long Bertha’ seen from the air. 1918 Sphere 20 July 48/2 Big Bertha spoke for the first time on March 23, and at the sound of her voice Paris was intensely surprised. 1919 G. B. Shaw Peace Conf. Hints vi. 75 Within range of Long Bertha. 1958 H. M. Hayward & M. Harari tr. B. Pasternak Dr. Zhivago i. iv. 111 That's a Bertha, a German sixteen-inch. 1979 P. Klappert in Poetry 133 313 A Junker might buzz over Paris, Count Zeppelin lower a few bombs, Long Bertha unexpectedly let go at ornamental water. big Bertha big Bertha n. see Bertha n.2 < as lemmas |
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