英语词汇“touch string”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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touch string

† touch string n. Obsolete string or cord, typically impregnated with saltpetre, used as a fuse to set off an explosive device; a piece of this; cf. touchpaper n.

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society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > material for igniting > [noun] > fuse

fuse1647

slow match1651

touch string1809

firing line1839

blasting-fuse1881

mote1881

German1883

1809 T. Forster Let. 27 Oct. in Monthly Mag. (1810) Jan. 554/1 The touch-string being lighted, the balloon was launched into the air.

1842 Punch 2 11 November... Crackers..contrived to explode at any period..by attaching graduated pieces of touchstring to them.

1914 Royal Comm. Metallif. Mines & Quarries: Minutes of Evid. III. 106/1 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 7478) XLII. 575 There are some touch strings soaked in saltpetre to carry the fire along to the fuse.

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单词	touch string
释义	> as lemmas touch string † touch string n. Obsolete string or cord, typically impregnated with saltpetre, used as a fuse to set off an explosive device; a piece of this; cf. touchpaper n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > material for igniting > [noun] > fuse fuse1647 slow match1651 touch string1809 firing line1839 blasting-fuse1881 mote1881 German1883 1809 T. Forster Let. 27 Oct. in Monthly Mag. (1810) Jan. 554/1 The touch-string being lighted, the balloon was launched into the air. 1842 Punch 2 11 November... Crackers..contrived to explode at any period..by attaching graduated pieces of touchstring to them. 1914 Royal Comm. Metallif. Mines & Quarries: Minutes of Evid. III. 106/1 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 7478) XLII. 575 There are some touch strings soaked in saltpetre to carry the fire along to the fuse. extracted from touchn. < as lemmas
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