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单词 fireworking
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fireworkingn.

Brit. /ˈfʌɪəˌwəːkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈfaɪ(ə)rˌwərkɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: firework n., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < firework n. + -ing suffix1.
Now rare.
The use or manufacture of military explosives or (in later use) fireworks; pyrotechnics.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > [noun]
fireworking1697
artilleryship1762
fire control1880
1697 D. Defoe Ess. Projects 274 The proper Studies of this College should be the following:..Fireworking, Bombarding, Gunnery [etc.].
a1725 Ld. Whitworth Acct. Russia in 1710 (1758) 60 He..understands navagation, ship-building, fortification, and fire-working.
1794 J. Scott tr. M. Firishtah Hist. Dekkan I. 26 He..attached to him a number of Turks and Europeans, well acquainted with fireworking.
1879 Students' Jrnl. & Hosp. Gaz. 8 Nov. 279/1 A numerous band of roughs, too, lent danger and terror to the place by indiscriminate fireworking on their own account.
1986 Toronto Star (Nexis) 24 Aug. g1 The color purple is relatively new to fireworking.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

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