| 释义 |
battery /batˈə-ri/ noun- A series of two or more electric cells arranged to produce or store electricity
- A single voltaic or solar cell
- The act of battering
- A wound (Shakespeare)
- A number of cannon or other offensive weapons with their equipment
- The place on which cannon are mounted
- A unit of artillery or its personnel
- A collection or set of equipment
- A combination of Leyden jars, lenses, or other apparatus
- A battery of tests
- A series (of questions)
- An attack against a person, beating or wounding by touching clothes or body (law)
- An arrangement of tiers of cages in which hens are kept, the eggs they lay running down into wire containers outside the cages
- An arrangement of similarly restrictive compartments for rearing pigs or cattle intensively
- Utensils for preparing or serving meals (cf batterie de cuisine)
- The pitcher and catcher (baseball)
- The percussion section of an orchestra
ORIGIN: OFr batterie battery of tests (psychology) A set of tests covering various factors relevant to some end purpose, eg job selection cross batteries Two weapon batteries commanding the same spot from different directions masked battery A battery out of the enemy's view |