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单词 ack-ack
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Definition of ack-ack in English:

ack-ack

noun akˈakækˈæk
Military informal
  • mass noun, usually as modifier Anti-aircraft gunfire.

    a quick burst of ack-ack fire
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Gardner was hit by our own ack-ack and bailed out.
    • Heavy and light Japanese ack-ack trailed the runaway plane.
    • The flight across the Channel was uneventful, but as soon as the formation crossed into German territory, ack-ack started opening up.
    • Keating and the officers and men went to sleep under clean skies, a sleep disturbed by the angry bark of ack-ack batteries and the drone of German planes looking for the beaches.
    • But the war grew wings and swept on and except for one Ju 88 who buzzed the field without biting yet drew 5000 rounds from the eager ack-ack boys.

Origin

Signallers' name for the letters AA; ack for A was replaced in military use by able in 1942.

 
 

Definition of ack-ack in US English:

ack-ack

nounakˈakækˈæk
Military informal
  • usually as modifier Antiaircraft gunfire.

    as modifier a quick burst of ack-ack fire
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The flight across the Channel was uneventful, but as soon as the formation crossed into German territory, ack-ack started opening up.
    • Gardner was hit by our own ack-ack and bailed out.
    • But the war grew wings and swept on and except for one Ju 88 who buzzed the field without biting yet drew 5000 rounds from the eager ack-ack boys.
    • Heavy and light Japanese ack-ack trailed the runaway plane.
    • Keating and the officers and men went to sleep under clean skies, a sleep disturbed by the angry bark of ack-ack batteries and the drone of German planes looking for the beaches.

Origin

Signallers' name for the letters AA; ack for A was replaced in military use by able in 1942.

 
 
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