gunfire

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n. 炮火, 号炮报时, 炮击

发音

UK /ˈɡʌnfʌɪə/
AU

词形变化

gunfires 复数 gunfires

教材释义与例句

名词

炮火;炮火声

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The use of gunpowder-type weapons, mainly cannon, as opposed to swords or bayonets.

    火器作战

    不可数 政治 军事

    Killing people became much easier and faster once armies started using gunfire.

  2. 2.

    The time of firing of the morning gun or the evening gun.

    鸣炮时间

    不可数 政治 军事
  3. 3.

    Tea, a cup of tea, especially one served early in the morning before first parade.

    俚语 不可数 政治 军事

    They had only in them the rolled mattresses, the neatly piled bed-boards and the empty tea-buckets of the orderly-men, empied of their last gun-fire.

  4. 4.

    Shots from a gun or guns, typically creating loud report.

    枪声

    不可数

    Let's hide in the trees to avoid the gunfire.

    Sergeant, direct your gunfire toward that copse of trees.

词汇关系

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同义词 1

上位词 2

下位词 2

词源

From gun + fire.

来源:wiktionary