| 单词 | ammo |
| 释义 | ammo (once / 28209 pages) n Ammo is a shorthand way to say "ammunition," meaning bullets, gunpowder, and other combat supplies. A war movie might include a scene of soldiers running low on ammo. Ammo generally refers to a supply of the actual munitions, or exploding substances and projectiles that are put in guns, cannons, and other weapons. A gun without ammo won't actually shoot. This colloquial form of ammunition was first used around 1917, and both are rooted in the Middle French phrase la munition, "fortification" or "defense." WORD FAMILYammo: ammos USAGE EXAMPLESOne unique aspect of Weisheit’s business will be the materials and knowledge he offers in the realm of reloading ammo casings. Washington Times(Dec 09, 2016) The Navy is using live ammo for their drills today. Time(Dec 06, 2016) But golfers, rest assured: your lost ammo can serve a second life in a bighearted fashion. Golf Digest(Nov 30, 2016) n projectiles to be fired from a gun Syn|Hypo|Hyper ammunition belt, belt ammunition, belted ammunition ammunition (usually of small caliber) loaded in flexible linked strips for use in a machine gun cartridgeammunition consisting of a cylindrical casing containing an explosive charge and a bullet; fired from a rifle or handgun canister, canister shot, case shota metallic cylinder packed with shot and used as ammunition in a firearm powder and shotammunition consisting of gunpowder and bullets for muskets one shot, round, unit of ammunitiona charge of ammunition for a single shot shellammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun tracer, tracer bulletammunition whose flight can be observed by a trail of smoke artillery shella shell fired by artillery ball cartridgea general purpose cartridge having a primer and a ball and a full charge of powder blank, blank shell, dummya cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet cartouch, cartouchea cartridge (usually with paper casing) shotgun shella shell containing lead shot; used in shotguns shrapnelshell containing lead pellets that explodes in flight tank shella shell fired by the cannon on a tank whizbang, whizbang shell, whizzbanga small high-velocity shell; it makes a whizzing sound followed by a bang when it hits arms, implements of war, munition, weaponry, weapons system weapons considered collectively |
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