| 单词 | fire arrow |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfire arrow fire arrow n. †(a) an arrow with a combustible substance applied or attached near the tip, and set alight for use as an incendiary projectile; a flaming arrow (obsolete); (b) a rocket (rocket n.5 1a); esp. an early form of rocket used as a weapon, consisting of an arrow propelled by gunpowder, first recorded in use in China during the tenth cent. (now historical). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > arrow > [noun] > fire-arrow fire arrowa1540 mallet1541 fire shaft1628 malleolus1753 a1540 (c1460) G. Hay tr. Bk. King Alexander l. 61 Sum vithe slungis,..sum vithe fyre arrowis. 1681 R. Knox Hist. Relation Ceylon iv. xiii. 180 The houses in the Fort being Thatched, they shot also Fire-Arrows among them. 1729 G. Shelvocke, Jr. tr. K. Siemienowicz Great Art Artillery v. viii. 398 What we here mean by Fire-Arrows and Darts where [sic] formerly called Malleoli. 1809 Naval Chron. 22 374 We should indulge them..with a few shot and shell, not forgetting Congreve's fire arrows. 1963 Sci. News Let. 29 June 406/3 Probably two men put this fire-arrow into action—one held the bow and arrow, the other lit the fuse. 2004 Black Belt Oct. 72/2 Much as American Indians shot flaming arrows into forts and log cabins, the ninja also had fire arrows. 2006 J. A. Angelo Rockets i. 2 Despite the limitations of the fire arrow, the invading Mongol warriors quickly learned from their unpleasant experience at the Battle of Kaifung-fu. < as lemmas |
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