ammunition

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Weaponsammunitionam‧mu‧ni‧tion /ˌæmjəˈnɪʃən/ noun [uncountable] 1 PMWbullets, shells (shell) etc that are fired from guns2 INFORMATIONinformation that you can use to criticize someone or win an argument against themgive somebody ammunition/provide somebody with ammunition His mistakes provided political opponents with even more ammunition.Examples from the Corpusammunition• Preparations were made, and arms and ammunition were stolen.• Jeeps, ammunition and food fell silently to the ground.• The live ammunition that I experienced was not officially sanctioned as being hazardous enough to be included.• The soldiers kept on firing until they had no more ammunition.• They had lots of ammunition and lots of desire.• Though the Tories are less organised, they still have plenty of ammunition.• We now knew that we were trapped, with only a few rounds of ammunition left.Origin ammunition (1500-1600) Early French amunition, from munition; → MUNITIONS

单词	ammunition
释义	ammunition From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Weaponsammunitionam‧mu‧ni‧tion /ˌæmjəˈnɪʃən/ ●○○ noun [uncountable] 1 PMWbullets, shells (shell) etc that are fired from guns2 INFORMATIONinformation that you can use to criticize someone or win an argument against themgive somebody ammunition/provide somebody with ammunition His mistakes provided political opponents with even more ammunition.Examples from the Corpusammunition• Preparations were made, and arms and ammunition were stolen.• Jeeps, ammunition and food fell silently to the ground.• The live ammunition that I experienced was not officially sanctioned as being hazardous enough to be included.• The soldiers kept on firing until they had no more ammunition.• They had lots of ammunition and lots of desire.• Though the Tories are less organised, they still have plenty of ammunition.• We now knew that we were trapped, with only a few rounds of ammunition left.Origin ammunition (1500-1600) Early French amunition, from munition; → MUNITIONS
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