单词 | test-fire |
释义 | > as lemmastest-fire test-fire v. originally U.S. to fire (a gun or missile) experimentally. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > production and development of arms > produce or develop arms [verb (transitive)] > processes in gun-making > test prove1788 plate1904 test-fire1947 1947 Birmingham (Alabama) News 27 Oct. 1/2 He stole the automatic pistol from an automobile and test-fired it twice before calling for the cab. 1952 N.Y. Times 27 Apr. iv. e5/2 The atomic gun-fired shell..will probably be test-fired in the course of the next year or so. 1960 Daily Tel. 8 Jan. 1/3 Russia is to test-fire new heavy rockets, intended for use on inter-planetary flights. 1980 N. Freeling Castang's City xxix. 202 We'll have it test~fired tomorrow and the cartridge marks compared. < as lemmas |
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