| 单词 | sunrise gun |
| 释义 | > as lemmassunrise gun sunrise gun n. now historical (at a military base or camp) a gun fired to mark the sunrise; cf. sunset gun n. at sunset n. Compounds 7. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > signals > [noun] > signal with gun morning gun1724 sunset gun1797 sunrise gun1872 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > signal or ceremonial gun chamber1540 chamber piece1547 warning-piece1591 alarm gun1706 morning gun1724 larum gun1757 alarm cannon1777 sunset gun1797 warning-gun1830 joy-gun1851 sunrise gun1872 1818 J. Neal Battle of Niagara iii. 63 The sunrise gun: the heave—the wave—and bend Of everlasting trees. 1872 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. 367/1 After the sunrise-gun had boomed. 1943 C. H. Ward-Jackson It's a Piece of Cake (2016) at Gunfire The sunrise gun coincided with the time at which troops could get a cup of tea from the cookhouse, the first of the day. 1947 Washington Post 18 June b4/2 You'd think so if you had that sunrise gun at Fort Myer going off under your window at 6:30 every morning. < as lemmas |
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