| 单词 | trench periscope |
| 释义 | > as lemmastrench periscope trench periscope n. now historical a kind of periscope used in trench warfare to observe enemy lines from inside one's own trenches; cf. trenchoscope n., trenchscope n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > [noun] > trench-periscope periscope1899 trenchoscope1915 trench periscope1915 trenchscope1915 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > instrument for distant vision > [noun] > periscope (at sea) > periscope (on land) periscope1899 hyposcope1902 trenchoscope1915 trench periscope1915 trenchscope1915 1915 Daily Mail 9 Jan. 4/6 The majority of these lives could have been saved by the use of a very simple instrument—a trench periscope. 1961 Life 17 Feb. 67/1 It brought about the introduction or reintroduction of a truly staggering array of weapons and military hardware: hand grenades, land mines, naval mines..telescopic sights, machine guns, trench periscopes, an experimental submarine, booby traps and many more. 2013 Evening Times (Glasgow) (Nexis) 29 Aug. 20 Thousands of range-finders were manufactured in the run-up to the First World War, and the firm was also producing trench periscopes, submarine periscopes and gun sights. < as lemmas |
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