| 单词 | delay action |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdelay action delay action n. an action that is delayed for a particular purpose; a device that acts after a period of time has elapsed; = delayed action n.Chiefly as a modifier.Frequently with reference to shells and aerial bombs designed to explode some time after they have landed. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [adjective] > delay action delayed action1836 delay action1879 1879 Man. Siege & Garrison Artillery Exercises ii. 51 (heading) Delay Action for base of Battering Shell. 1939 Pop. Mech. Nov. 671 A delay action circuit is incorporated so that the photocell must remain in the shadow a predetermined length of time before the mechanism will go into action. 2016 I. Jones London: Bombed, Blitzed & Blown up xiii. 231 From observations made by bomb disposal personnel it was further established that of 154, 250kg bombs dropped with delay-action fuzes, 52.8% detonated within eight hours, 65% within twelve hours and 75% within fifteen hours. < as lemmas |
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