单词 | supergun |
释义 | supergunn. A large or powerful gun; spec. a large cannon used for long-range bombardment of an enemy. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > other pieces of ordnance bombardc1430 ribaudequin1443 stock-gun1465 seven sistersa1529 chamber1540 bastard1545 chamber piece1547 volger1548 dogc1550 battardc1565 long shot1595 quarter piece1625 pelican1639 monkey1650 spirol1653 stock-fowler1669 saltamartino1684 smeriglio1688 botcarda1700 carriage gun1723 Lancaster1857 Armstrong1860 wire gun1860 Columbiad1861 Parrott1861 wedge-gun1876 truck-gun1883 motor cannon1889 Black Maria1914 Jack Johnson1914 supergun1915 flak1938 1915 Chambers's Jrnl. Oct. 661/2 The journalistic words ‘superguns’ [etc.]. 1916 Ludington (Mich.) Sunday Morning News 18 Apr. 1/3 (headline) Claim super-gun can project shot across channel. 1940 Pop. Sci. Dec. 236/2 For the price of one destroyer, the whole U.S. Army can be equipped with the superguns. 1972 Village Voice (N.Y.) 1 June 53/2 Lee and Harry are inclined to put him down for killing the hawk with his supergun. 1994 R. Miller Following Americans to Persian Gulf iii. 69 The attempt to build an Iraqi supergun with the potential to shoot biological, chemical, and nuclear warheads at Israel became common knowledge. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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