单词 | trench mortar |
释义 | > as lemmastrench mortar trench mortar n. a light simple mortar designed to propel a bomb from one's own trenches into those of the enemy. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > mortar > trench mortar trench mortar1871 minenwerfer1914 mine-thrower1914 Minnie1915 Stokes1915 toc emma1916 T.M.1925 Moaning Minnie1944 1871 Times 2 Mar. 4/2 Total, 132 pieces, exclusive of the little trench mortars and field guns. 1915 D. O. Barnett Let. in In Happy Memory 107 The Germans are bombing our trenches with a trench mortar. 1973 M. Woodhouse Blue Bone xii. 129 What looked like a three-foot metal pipe with a rectangular base... ‘Five-centimeter trench mortar,’ said Yancy. 2000 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 20 Jan. a12/1 Some rebel units have consisted of no more than a sniper, a machine gunner and a fighter with a trench mortar. < as lemmas |
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