| 单词 | cannon |
| 释义 | cannon /kan"euhn/, n. , pl. cannons, (esp. collectively) cannon, v. n. 1. a mounted gun for firing heavy projectiles; a gun, howitzer, or mortar. 2. Brit. Mach. quill (def. 10). 3. Armor. a cylindrical or semicylindrical piece of plate armor for the upper arm or forearm; a vambrace or rerebrace. 4. Also called cannon bit, canon bit. a round bit for a horse. 5. the part of a bit that is in the horse's mouth. 6. (on a bell) the metal loop by which a bell is hung. 7. Zool. a. See cannon bone. b. the part of the leg in which the cannon bone is situated. See diag. under horse. 8. Brit. a carom in billiards. 9. Underworld Slang. a pickpocket. v.i. 10. to discharge cannon. 11. Brit. to make a carom in billiards. [1375-1425 (earlier in AL, AF); late ME canon < MF < It cannone, equiv. to cann(a) tube ( < L; see CANE) + -one aug. suffix] |
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