| 单词 | petard |
| 释义 | petard[ pi-tahrd ] / pɪˈtɑrd / nounan explosive device formerly used in warfare to blow in a door or gate, form a breach in a wall, etc. a kind of firecracker. (initial capital letter)Also called Flying Dustbin. a British spigot mortar of World War II that fired a 40-pound (18-kilogram) finned bomb, designed to destroy pillboxes and other concrete obstacles. Idioms for petardhoist by / with one's own petard, hurt, ruined, or destroyed by the very device or plot one had intended for another. Origin of petardFirst recorded in 1590–1600; from Middle French, equivalent to pet(er) “to break wind” (derivative of pet, from Latin pēditum “a breaking wind,” originally neuter of past participle of pēdere “to break wind”) + -ard noun suffix; see -ard Words nearby petardpetalody, petaloid, petalous, Petaluma, pétanque, petard, petasus, petaurist, Petavius, petcock, Pet.E. Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for petardpetard / (pɪˈtɑːd) / noun(formerly) a device containing explosives used to breach a wall, doors, etc hoist with one's own petard being the victim of one's own schemes a type of explosive firework Word Origin for petardC16: from French: firework, from péter to break wind, from Latin pēdere Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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