| 单词 | battery |
| 释义 | battery (once / 197 pages) 1n 2n 3n 4n Battery is (among other things) physical attack or assault: “He was arrested for battery after he hit his manager several times on the head with a large flashlight.” When you think of a battery, you probably envision the electrical devices that allow you to power everything in your life — from your car to your cell phone. However, battery has a whole host of meanings. In addition to beating someone as in "assault and battery," it also refers to a collection of artillery or guns: “He’s collected a battery of weapons; we hope he doesn’t intend to use them." Beyond guns, a battery can also refer to any group or collection of similar things: “She was subjected to a battery of tests, designed to determine whether she was a genius or just plain smart.” WORD FAMILYbattery: batteries USAGE EXAMPLESThe officer was arrested on charges including battery. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The mining companies tied to these problems supply some of the largest manufacturers of lithium-ion batteries, The Post found. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) One night they got down to the last 5% of battery life. BBC(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1n a collection of related things intended for use together took a battery of achievement tests Hyper accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection several things grouped together or considered as a whole 2n a series of stamps operated in one mortar for crushing ores Syn|Hyper stamp battery stamp mill, stamping mill a mill in which ore is crushed with stamps 3n group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place Hyper artillery, artillery unit an army unit that uses big guns 4n the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target 2Syn|Hyper barrage, barrage fire, bombardment, shelling fire, firing the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy n a device that produces electricity; may have several primary or secondary cells arranged in parallel or series 3Syn|Hypo|Hyper electric battery A battery the battery used to heat the filaments of a vacuum tube B batterybattery for supplying a constant positive voltage to the plate of a vacuum tube C batterybattery used to maintain the grid potential in a vacuum tube galvanic battery, voltaic batterybattery consisting of a number of voltaic cells arranged in series or parallel galvanic pile, pile, voltaic pilebattery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta dry batterya voltaic battery consisting of two or more dry cells accumulator, storage batterya voltaic battery that stores electric charge electrical device a device that produces or is powered by electricity n a unit composed of the pitcher and catcher 4Hyper squad, team a cooperative unit (especially in sports) n an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact Syn|Hypo|Hyper assault and battery resisting arrest physical efforts to oppose a lawful arrest; the resistance is classified as assault and battery upon the person of the police officer attempting to make the arrest assault a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped |
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