| 单词 | gun-fodder |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgun-fodder gun-fodder n. = cannon fodder n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > [noun] > collectively > regarded as material food for powder1598 cannon fodder1847 gun-fodder1900 1900 Westm. Gaz. 9 July 2/1 Exceedingly useful in the capacity of gun-fodder and stop-gap. 1925 P. Gibbs Unchanging Quest xxvii. 207 From historic houses..these boys of ours came as gun-fodder. 1941 A. Koestler Scum of Earth ix. 47 To fight against its enemies at home, instead of serving as gun-fodder for their purposes. < as lemmas |
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