| 单词 | ammunition |
| 释义 | ammunition (once / 440 pages) 1n 2n Soldiers carry their ammunition: the bullets and shells needed for their guns. The word ammunition is used to describe the supply of shells or bullets used for a gun, as well as nuclear, chemical or biological matter that can be used in much larger weapons. But we also use it for metaphorical attack material. If you're trying to prove that your big brother is a jerk, your neighbor's story about how he kicked her dog is ammunition for your argument. WORD FAMILYammunition: ammunitions USAGE EXAMPLESMy boss even bought a surplus ammunition tin for storing the drone batteries, just in case they exploded. BBC(Dec 24, 2016) In the capital, Kinshasa, police and soldiers fired live ammunition as opposition activists burned tyres, attacked an office of the ruling party and threw stones. The Guardian(Dec 20, 2016) Police found pipes, timer units, ammunition and high grade explosives in the buildings. BBC(Dec 20, 2016) 1 1n projectiles to be fired from a gun Syn|Hypo|Hyper ammo 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 2n any nuclear or chemical or biological material that can be used as a weapon of mass destruction 2Hyper material, stuff the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object n information that can be used to attack or defend a claim or argument or viewpoint his admission provided ammunition for his critics Hyper info, information a message received and understood |
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