| 单词 | cannon |
| 释义 | cannon n. & v. --n 1. hist. (pl. same) a large heavy gun installed on a carriage or mounting. 2. an automatic aircraft gun firing shells. 3. Billiards the hitting of two balls successively by the cue-ball. 4. Mech. a hollow cylinder moving independently on a shaft. 5. (in full cannon-bit) a smooth round bit for a horse. --vintr. 1. (usu. foll. by against, into) collide heavily or obliquely. 2. Billiards make a cannon shot. Phrases and idioms cannon-ball hist. a large usu. metal ball fired by a cannon. cannon-bone the tube-shaped bone between the hock and fetlock of a horse. cannon-fodder soldiers regarded merely as material to be expended in war. Etymology: F canon f. It. cannone large tube f. canna CANE: in Billiards sense f. older CAROM |
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