| 单词 | flamethrower |
| 释义 | > as lemmasflamethrower flamethrower n. [compare German Flammenwerfer flammenwerfer n.] (a) a hand-held or vehicle-mounted weapon consisting of a fuel reservoir and a firing mechanism, from which a jet of burning liquid can be projected towards an enemy or combat target; cf. flammenwerfer n.; (b) a similar device designed for non-military use, such as destroying vegetation or street debris; cf. flame gun n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > weeding tools weed hookeOE weeding hook1378 weedera1425 brier-crook1483 tongs?1523 weeding knife1598 broom-hook1660 weeder knifea1796 shovel-plough1801 extirpator1807 shovel-cultivator1869 thistle-digger1877 thistle-spud1896 thistle-cutter1901 flamethrower1915 flame gun1931 weed cutter2000 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > fire, radiation, or chemical weapons > [noun] > flame-thrower flame projector1915 flamethrower1915 flammenwerfer1915 flame machine1917 wasp1944 1915 Times 30 Aug. 5/5 In these encounters were found two specimens of a new instrument of war which the Italians call ‘flame-throwers’. 1917 P. Gibbs Battles of Somme 178 There were eight of these flame-throwers brought against the Sussex lads. 1927 Sunday Express 1 May 7 Broadsides of machine-guns and flame-throwers. 1945 Reader's Digest Oct. 84/1 Flame throwers kill the weeds. 1956 A. H. Compton Atomic Quest 303 Those burned by flame throwers. 2013 C. Doctorow Homeland iii. 59 I saw her profile clearly now, silhouetted by the orange light of a flamethrower flaring a fireball into the night. < as lemmas |
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