transitive. To fire at by means of ricochet (ricochet, n. 1a). Obsolete.
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| 释义 | society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > fire (a gun) [verb (transitive)] > assail with gunfire > in specific manner (4) ricochet1758 transitive. To fire at by means of ricochet (ricochet, n. 1a). Obsolete. snipe1782 transitive. To shoot or fire at (men, etc.), one at a time, usually from cover and at long range; to pick off (a person) in this manner. Also figur… brown1873 To fire indiscriminately at (a covey of birds or a mass of men). to blaze (out) at1909 intr. to blaze away: to fire continuously with guns or artillery; figurative to work at anything with enthusiastic vigour (colloquial). Cf. to fire… |
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