单词 | thirty-six-pounder |
释义 | > as lemmasthirty-six-pounder thirty-pounder n. a gun throwing a shot of thirty pounds: so thirty-six-pounder, etc. ΚΠ 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Cannon A thirty-two-pounder. 1812 R. Hall in Examiner 12 Oct. 648/1 Two batteries of..thirty-six pounders commanded the beach. thirty-six-pounder C1. With nouns forming attributive phrases, as thirty-acre, thirty-day, thirty-foot, thirty-hour, thirty-knot, thirty-pound, thirty-ton, thirty-word, thirty year; hence thirty-footer, thirty-miler, thirty-tonner, etc. (a…of thirty feet, miles, tons, etc.). So with the compounds thirty-one, thirty-nine, etc., as thirty-two-horse (power), thirty-months-old; thirty-three-year; thirty-two-celled, thirty-four-seated, thirty-eight-volumed adjs.; thirty-five-tonner, thirty-six-pounder, etc. (a…of thirty-…tons, pounds, etc.); thirty-five millimetre, thirty-five mm., thirty-five mil(l). (photographic film, camera). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > plates and films > [adjective] > types of film thirty-five millimetre1666 soft?1863 pushable1871 unexposed1892 lenticulated1925 prescreened1929 lenticular1934 pan1940 subminiature1977 1666 J. Davies tr. C. de Rochefort Hist. Caribby-Islands 200 These French Servants, by reason of the three years service they are engaged to, are commonly called the Thirty-six-months-men. 1733 J. Tull Horse-hoing Husbandry xiv. 81 Drill Double Rows with Eight-Inch Partitions, and Thirty-Inch Intervals. 1775 Ann. Reg. 163/2 They are about the size of a thirty-six shilling piece. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 491 The great wheel..pulley on its axis, over which the cord goes (as in a common thirty-hour clock). 1876 R. D. Blackmore Cripps II. xii. 208 This is the worst time of year to take cold. ‘A May cold is a thirty-day cold.’ 1880 J. F. Carll Geol. Oil Regions III. 197 Sand shells and slate, ‘30' Rock’. 1890 W. J. Gordon Foundry 13 Where the mighty thirty-five-tonner is shaking the earth. 1907 Westm. Gaz. 21 Mar. 9/1 The working expenses of thirty-four-seated petrol motor-omnibuses. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 8 Mar. 12/2 A thirty-six holes match has been arranged between..one-armed golfers. 1909 Times Lit. Suppl. 18 Mar. 101/2 This thirty-eight-volumned behemoth. 1938 R. M. Fanstone Colour Photogr. i. 17 Agfacolor... 35 mm. film for miniature cameras. 1969 ‘H. Pentecost’ Girl Watcher's Funeral (1970) iii. i. 123 ‘What kind of a camera was it, Morrie?’ I asked. ‘Leica—thirty-five millimeter,’ he said. 1971 O. Norton Corpse-bird Cries vi. 116 ‘He couldn't have—well, turned the film back, or anything?’ ‘On a thirty-five mil Paxette? No, he couldn't.’ 1972 I. Hamilton Thrill Machine xxii. 102 It's a low-quality blow-up from thirty-five mill. movie film. 1978 F. Maclean Take Nine Spies vi. 196 His visitor brought out two rolls of 35 mm film. 1978 S. Sheldon Bloodline xxxviii. 341 The thirty-foot police boat..had been built for service, not comfort. < as lemmas |
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