单词 | time gun |
释义 | > as lemmastime gun time gun n. ΚΠ 1856 T. Salmon South Shields 122 The widening of Church Row; the illumination of Saint Hilda's Church Clock, and its useful chimes; the time gun, and electric telegraph wires. 1878 R. L. Stevenson Edinburgh 133 The time-gun by which people set their watches. 1991 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 19 Aug. The Time gun [at Vancouver]..was cast at a foundry in Woolwich, England, in 1816. 2006 A. Ariel & N. A. Berger Plotting Globe viii. 120 Other cities used to herald the correct time by firing a time gun. < as lemmas |
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