| 单词 | smoke shell |
| 释义 | > as lemmassmoke shell smoke shell n. Military a projectile that generates a dense cloud of smoke after it is fired. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or shell > shell > smoke or gas shell smoke-ball1753 stink-ball1753 gas shell1915 tear-shell1916 smoke shell1919 1919 P. R. Worrall Smoke Tactics 27 Smoke shells may be used as a visible sign to Infantry and Tanks to mark the barrage. 1928 Daily Tel. 5 June 7/2 A smoke tank produced a very weak cloud by our standards, and the artillery have scarcely any smoke shell. 1937 Times 16 Apr. 8/6 The howitzers used smoke shells mixed with their high explosive to give a screen effect. 1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. (rev. ed.) I. 539/1 The 81-mm and 4·2-in. mortars, capable of lobbing high-explosive or smoke shells onto enemy positions, round out the category of infantry weapons. < as lemmas |
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