| 单词 | congreve rocket |
| 释义 | > as lemmasCongreve rocket 1. More fully Congreve rocket: A kind of rocket for use in war, invented in 1808 by Col. Sir William Congreve (1772–1828). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > rocket pound rocket1752 Congreve1809 rocket1915 retro-rocket1948 1809 Naval Chron. 21 349 Shrapnell's shells and Congreve's rockets. 1809 Naval Chron. 22 371 A 32-pounder Congreve. 1827 W. M. Praed in Port Folio 22 359/2 Sunk in their deep and hollow sockets That blazing couple of Congreve rockets. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. v. 50/1 Your Congreve needs a new case or wrappage for every new rocket. < as lemmas |
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