单词 | all-big-gun |
释义 | > as lemmasall-big-gun all-big-gun adj. Navy now historical (of a battleship) having a main armament consisting entirely of big guns of one calibre; cf. dreadnought n. 1b. ΚΠ 1906 Daily Chron. 15 Oct. 5/5 The all-big-gun battleship was first conceived in Italy, and both the United States and Japan designed such vessels before we did. 1947 Life 17 Nov. 87/2 (caption) This 17,900-ton watchdog for Britain's wide-flung empire [sc. the ‘Dreadnought’] was the first all big-gun battleship. She had 10 12-inchers. 1995 J. Goldrick in J. R. Hill Oxf. Hist. Royal Navy x. 283 Fisher took the fast armoured cruiser a step further when he conceived the idea of marrying to it an all-big-gun armament. < as lemmas |
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