| 单词 | water cannon |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater cannon water cannon n. a device for ejecting a powerful jet of water, originally used as a mining tool, later also in firefighting and as a means of dispersing crowds. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > fire, radiation, or chemical weapons > [noun] > guns discharging water water-bow1632 water cannon1891 water pistol1897 1891 Cent. Mag. May 140/2 To facilitate the work of the monitor or water-cannon that shot the compressed stream, tunnels were run into the banks [of the mine]. 1909 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Sentinel 6 Feb. Those deck mounted water cannon have forty-two mouths. 1932 Illustr. London News 2 July 6 (caption) A ‘water-cannon’ mounted on an armoured motor-lorry, in action against Berlin Communists. 1964 L. Deighton Funeral in Berlin xlii. 251 An American M.P. shouted, ‘You want a goddam water-cannon to wash you across the sidewalk, fella?’ 1998 J. Sutton Wait for Waggon ix. 305 Fire-fighting skills improved with progression from stirrup pumps and buckets to the small water cannon on the Green Goddesses. 2011 New Yorker 2 May 80/1 The demonstrators..prayed unflinchingly..as they were assaulted by Hosni Mubarak's water cannons. < as lemmas |
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