单词 | battery |
释义 | battery n. (pl. -ies)   1. a usu. portable container of a cell or cells carrying an electric charge, as a source of current.   2. (often attrib.) esp. Brit. a series of cages for the intensive breeding and rearing of poultry or cattle.   3. a set of similar units of equipment, esp. connected.   4. a series of tests, esp. psychological.   5. a a fortified emplacement for heavy guns. b an artillery unit of guns, men, and vehicles.   6. Law an act inflicting unlawful personal violence on another (see ASSAULT).   7. Baseball the pitcher and the catcher. Etymology: F batterie f. batre, battre strike f. L battuere |
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