| 单词 | thunder stick |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthunder stick thunder stick n. a name said to have been given to a rifle or cannon by peoples who did not possess firearms. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > [noun] cane of fire1550 shota1578 fire1590 fire piece1592 fireweapon?1592 powder instrument1613 firearm1643 firegun1677 bulldog1700 nail driver1823 peacemaker1840 thunder stick1918 1918 E. R. Burroughs Tarzan & Jewels of Opar (1919) xvii. 157 The ape folk fear the thunder-sticks of the Tarmangani. 1947 I. L. Idriess Isles of Despair xxxiv. 229 A puff of smoke belched from the brig... They had expected resistance, but had hoped the vessel was too small to carry the ‘big thunder sticks’. 1965 Canad. Geogr. Jrnl. Apr. 115/1 The white man came to shatter the silence of the wilderness with his thunder stick. < as lemmas |
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