| 单词 | fire lance |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfire lance fire lance n. a type of firework, typically having a long stick with burning material or exploding gunpowder at one end, and used either for military purposes or for display; cf. fire pike n.2 [Compare French lance à feu kind of weapon (15th cent. in Middle French), kind of ornamental firework (1680) and lance de feu kind of firearm (1660 or earlier; c1447 in Middle French with reference to a celestial phenomenon).] ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > firework > [noun] > types of fire sword1482 firedrake1608 fiend1634 fire club1634 fire lance1634 fire-target1634 saucisson1634 fire-trunk1639 runner1647 fire pole1708 fire fountain1729 fire-flyer1740 line-rocket1740 devil1742 fire tree1749 Grecian fire1774 jet1774 fire pan1799 metamorphose1818 Saxon1839 lightning paper1866 asteroid1875 brilliant1875 pearl1884 1634 J. Bate Myst. Nature & Art ii. 89 The description and making of three sorts of Fire-lances. 1790 in W. Nicholson tr. A. Benyowsky Mem. & Trav. (new ed.) II. 216 I was particularly busied in making fire balls, rockets, fuzees, and fire lances, in order to prevent the enemy from harassing us. 1992 Chinese Lit. 14 131 A mid-10th century silk painting from Tunhuang that accurately depicts a fire-lance. 2010 New Scientist (Nexis) 25 Dec. A couple of years ago they tried their hand at fire lances, a kind of medieval flame-thrower. < as lemmas |
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