单词 | aiming device |
释义 | > as lemmasaiming device C1. General attributive, as aiming device, aiming mark, etc. ΚΠ 1574Aming marke [see sense 1]. 1600 N. Breton Pasquils Passe 28 When that the Lion doth begin to roare,..My Muse doth find in her best aiming marke. 1815 Rules & Reg. Field Exerc. & Manoeuvres Infantry (U.S. War Dept.) iii. 111 After firing, the aiming position must be dwelt on, till the word, load, is given. 1884 Army Gen. Orders 2 The employment of Morris's Aiming Tubes in Government rifles. 1911 Los Angeles Times 11 Feb. iii. 3/4 The pump-gunner who..hopes by filling the adjacent air with lead to atone for his aiming sins. 1945 Browning Machine Guns, Caliber 30 (War Dept. Field Man.) July 131 Align any suitable aiming mark at 1000 inches on the line of aim at the center. 1994 B. L. Dastrup Field Artillery i. 7 He invented the gunner's quadrant, an aiming device. 2000 B. S. Lambeth Transformation Amer. Air Power iv. 143 Winds aloft were often 100 knots or more, making for additional aiming errors. < as lemmas |
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