| 单词 | cannon fire |
| 释义 | > as lemmascannon fire cannon fire n. the (repeated) firing of a cannon or cannons; bombardment by cannon; also (and in earliest use) figurative.Quot. a1616 is regarded by most modern editors (following the emendations of Capell or Dyce) as showing independent uses of cannon and fire, but cf. quot. 1725. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > [noun] > bombardment battery1548 cannonade1562 cannonading1637 bombarding1687 bomb battery1695 bombardment1702 cannon fire1725 bombard1807 shelling1860 hate1915 barrage1916 box barrage1916 creeping barrage1916 area bombardment1918 area shoot1919 shoot1941 stonk1944 a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) ii. i. 463 He speakes plaine Cannon fire [1768 Capell cannon, fire, 1857 Dyce cannon,—fire], and smoake, and bounce.] 1725 Shakespeare's King John ii. i. 463 in A. Pope Wks. Shakespear III. 139 What cannoneer begot this lusty blood? He speaks plain cannon-fire, and smoak and bounce. 1788 C. Crauford & R. Crauford tr. J. G. Tielke Acct. War between Prussians, Austrians & Russians I. iv. 258 It must be a fixed principle..never to expose cavalry to the cannon fire when it can be avoided. 1877 Daily News 24 May 5/5 There had been pretty free exchanges of cannon fire between the Roumanian batteries and the Turkish cannon about Turtukai. 1940 New Castle (Pa.) News 17 June 1/1 The sound of cannonfire receded from Paris today as thousands of refugees streamed slowly back into their capital. 2014 K. L. Privatsky Logistics in Falklands War xi. 218 Artillery, cannon fire and bombs..had crippled local services. < as lemmas |
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