请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 spitz-devil
释义

spitz-deviln.

Etymology: < spit n.2 or spit v.2 Compare the variant spitting-devil.
A small sputtering fire-ball made from wetted gunpowder. Also elliptically spitz.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > light > firework > [noun] > made from damp gunpowder
peeoy1822
spitz-devil1880
1880 W. Carnegie Pract. Trapping 15 Light it, and place it in the hole instead of the spitz.
1880 W. Carnegie Pract. Trapping 16 After having made a ‘spitz devil’, as we called it at school, light it in the hole.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
<
n.1880
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/1/24 14:54:08