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单词 artillery
释义
artilleryar‧til‧le‧ry /ɑːˈtɪləri $ ɑːr-/ noun Word Origin
WORD ORIGINartillery
Origin:
1300-1400 Old French artillerie, from artillier ‘to provide with equipment or weapons’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • In addition, he took 350,000 prisoners, some 400 artillery pieces and I, 300 machine-guns.
  • Missile troops positioned on hilltops are very handy for protecting artillery units.
  • Other times, though, he would have to call in artillery.
  • Roll the artillery dice nine times and add the result.
  • The rattle of rifles and the roar of artillery are simply awful.
  • We pulled back in cases like that if possible and let artillery, gunships, or even jets hit the area.
  • You can hear the artillery going to work on his defences.
word sets
WORD SETS
air rifle, nounair-to-air, adjectiveammo, nounammunition, nounanti-aircraft, adjectiveanti-personnel, adjectiveanti-tank, adjectivearmament, nounarmoured car, nounarmourer, nounarmour-plated, adjectivearrow, nounarrowhead, nounarsenal, nounartillery, nounatomic bomb, nounautomatic, nounballistic missile, nounballistics, nounbandolier, nounbarbed, adjectivebarrage, nounbarrage balloon, nounbarrel, nounbattering ram, nounbattery, nounbayonet, nounbayonet, verbbazooka, nounBB gun, nounblank, nounblaze, verbblowpipe, nounbludgeon, nounblunderbuss, nounbolt, nounbomb, nounbomber, nounbombing, nounbomb scare, nounbooby trap, nounboom, nounbore, nounbow, nounbrass knuckles, nounbroadsword, nounbuckshot, nounbullet, nounbullet-proof, adjectivebutt, nouncaisson, nouncalibre, nouncanister, nouncannon, nouncannonball, nouncarbine, nouncartridge, nouncatapult, nounchain mail, nounchamber, nouncharge, verbchemical warfare, nounchemical weapon, nounclip, nouncluster bomb, nouncock, verbColt, conventional, adjectivecordite, nouncosh, nouncrossbow, nouncruise missile, nounCS gas, nouncudgel, nouncutlass, nouncut-throat razor, noundagger, noundart, noundecommission, verbdetonator, noundevice, noundirk, noundisarm, verbdischarge, verbdismount, verbdouble-barrelled, duel, nounduel, verbdum-dum, nounelevation, nounemplacement, nounequalizer, nounfirearm, nounfirebomb, nounflak, nounflame thrower, nounflick knife, nounforty-five, nounfusillade, nounfusion bomb, noungauge, noungerm warfare, noungrenade, nounguidance, nounguided missile, noungun, noungun carriage, noungunner, noungunnery, noungunpowder, noungun-running, noungunshot, nounhaft, nounhair trigger, nounhalberd, nounhammer, nounhand grenade, nounhandgun, nounH-bomb, nounheat-seeking, adjectiveheavy, adjectivehilt, nounholster, nounhoming device, nounhowitzer, nounhydrogen bomb, nounICBM, nounincendiary, adjectiveKalashnikov, nounknuckle-duster, nounlance, nounlandmine, nounlive, adjectivelongbow, nounlong-range, adjectivemace, nounmachete, nounmachine gun, nounmagazine, nounmagnum, nounmarksman, nounmarksmanship, nounmegaton, nounmisfire, verbmissile, nounmortar, nounmunitions, nounmushroom cloud, nounmusket, nounmustard gas, nounmuzzle, nounnapalm, nounnerve gas, nounnightstick, nounnitroglycerine, nounnon-proliferation, nounnosecone, nounnuclear, adjectivenuke, verbnuke, nounordnance, nounparry, verbpayload, nounpepper, verbpike, nounpistol, nounplastic explosive, noun.22, nounpoison gas, nounpommel, nounpound, verbprime, verbprimer, nounprojectile, nounpropellant, nounquarterstaff, nounramrod, nounrange, nounrapid-fire, adjectiverapier, nounrearm, verbrecoil, verbrepeater, nounreport, nounrevolver, nounrifle, nounrocket, nounround, nounrubber bullet, nounsabre, nounsafety catch, nounsawn-off shotgun, nounscabbard, nounscimitar, nounsemi-automatic, adjectiveshaft, nounsheathe, verbshell, nounshell, verbshield, nounshooter, nounshot, nounshotgun, nounshrapnel, nounsidearm, nounsight, nounsilencer, nounsilo, nounsix-shooter, nounslash, nounsling, nounslingshot, nounslug, nounsmart bomb, nounsmoke bomb, nounsmokescreen, nounsnipe, verbsniper, nounspear, nounspear, verbSten gun, nounstockpile, nounstockpile, verbstun gun, nounsubmachine gun, nounsurface-to-air missile, nounsurface-to-surface missile, nounswordsmanship, nountank, nountear gas, nounthermonuclear, adjectivetime bomb, nountommy gun, nountorpedo, nountorpedo, verbtracer, nountrident, nountrigger, nountruncheon, noununload, verbvolley, nounvolley, verbwarhead, nounwater cannon, nounweapon, nounweaponry, noun
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(=attack from the air, land, or sea)
 heavy artillery (=large powerful guns)
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· Rangers, meanwhile, are convinced they possess enough heavy artillery to win the war tonight.· The noise of the explosion resembled the shock of a heavy artillery salute....· Roxburgh Castle was proof against all but prolonged siege and heavy artillery.· There was fierce hand-to-hand fighting and the area was coming under heavy tank and artillery shelling.· The sonic assault doesn't have to be all heavy artillery.· The city of Battambang was subjected to heavy Khmer Rouge artillery fire.· Elite Republican Guard troops deployed tanks and heavy artillery against lightly armed guerrilla units.
NOUN
· Winston Churchill, with extraordinary perspicacity, wrote at the time: Meeting an artillery attack is like catching a cricket ball.· Meeting an artillery attack is like catching a cricket ball.
· Attempts to smash wire defences by artillery barrage were seldom successful.· If they wished, they could have ordered an artillery barrage or missile attack on the vehicles.· The rebel forces had launched their latest offensive in mid-March with a sustained artillery barrage and ground attack.
· There were also artillery batteries and thousands of yards of interlocking systems of barbed wire defences.· These Federals, aided by a number of artillery batteries, man-aged to check Jackson on his left and in his center.· An artillery battery belonging to the Seventh Virginia Regiment galloped after and did some damage.· It was made by the Confederates on an artillery battery and its supporting infantry in the lines of General George McCall.
· The effects of the artillery bombardment and the air strikes had been devastating.· Worse yet, their presence frequently meant indiscriminate artillery bombardments against innocent villages suspected of harboring the Vietcong.· But for some extraordinary reason these bombers were wasted on attacking rail junctions that were already under effective artillery bombardment.· The next day they withdrew under sporadic artillery bombardment.· This took the form of an artillery bombardment in which 6000 were killed.
· Then the depth of the massed artillery fire could be extended and the process repeated.· To patrol and ambush, call in artillery fire.· There has already been artillery fire, and many expect a new offensive in the coming weeks.· Longstreet merely sent another note directing that if the artillery fire had the desired effect the attack was to go forward.· They thought they heard thunder in the distance, but it was, in fact, artillery fire.· As they charged, the artillery fire would break their formation and they would get mixed.· Teenagers under the influence of the locally produced khat narcotic plant were said to be responsible for much of the artillery fire.· Bill Lucas, used the lull to call in artillery fire and F-18 Hornet bomber strikes on suspected enemy positions.
· In addition, he took 350,000 prisoners, some 400 artillery pieces and I, 300 machine-guns.· In the path of his right, some twenty artillery pieces were positioned by General Alfred Pleasonton.· The heavy armament comprised 1,000 artillery pieces, but many were obsolete or short range.· About 300 tanks, artillery pieces and other heavy vehicles will have crossed the pontoon bridge by Wednesday, military engineers say.· It was an act of indecency to fire artillery pieces at innocent horses!· Off to our left, we could see the artillery pieces.· Our sergeant ran in front of an artillery piece, and the beehive round cut him to pieces.· The move from the wood had carried the advance units through the long line of artillery pieces.
· It was even more volatile than a hang-fire on an artillery shell.· And underneath, lined up like artillery shells, are the tubes which fit in those caulking guns.· What the Navy needs, critics say, is a ship that can fire lots of relatively inexpensive artillery shells.
· Missile troops positioned on hilltops are very handy for protecting artillery units.· Or artillery units in need of shells?· We had an easy mission to an artillery unit.
VERB
· The man whom Patrick had seen through binoculars was using an artillery sight to fine-tune the angle.
1[uncountable] large guns, either on wheels or fixed in one place2the artillery the part of the army that uses these weapons
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