英语词汇“gunfire”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

gunfire n. (a) the firing of a gun or guns; Nautical and Military the time at which the morning or evening gun is fired; spec. rapid firing in which each gun acts independently and fires as rapidly as it can be loaded; also figurative; (b) Army slang an early morning cup of tea served out to troops before going on first parade.

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society > armed hostility > military organization > signals > [noun] > signal with gun > time of

gunfire1801

society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [noun]

gunning1570

fire1590

firing1684

squibbing1697

gunfire1801

gunnery1816

pop-off1843

pluffing1852

machine-gun fire1882

gun-play1897

loosing off1906

the world > food and drink > drink > tea > [noun] > a cup of > in morning > given to troops

gunfire1919

1801 M. Nugent Jrnl. 30 Oct. (1839) I. ii. 83 Up at gun-fire.

1814 T. E. Hook Let. 24 Mar. in A. Mathews Mem. C. Mathews (1838) II. xii. 269 Always up by gun-fire, five o'clock.

1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. (at cited word) Gun-fire, the time at which the morning or evening gun is fired.

1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. xvi. 253 I will give you leave to go to-morrow morning and stay till gun-fire.

1870 Daily News 13 Oct. 5/5 This same shell disturbed a hare, which..scampered across the battlefield right in a line with the gun fire.

1898 P. H. Colomb in National Rev. Aug. 841 Quite possibly an English admiral would have risked the dangers of navigation rather than the dangers of gun-fire.

1912 S. E. Burrow Friend or Foe x. 125 In the prayer~room they gathered at noon day by day for their ‘Gun~fire’, and around the Word had the most helpful fellowship.

1916 ‘B. Cable’ Action Front 210 The gunners..will tell you how they stretched themselves to the call for ‘gun-fire’.

1919 War Slang in Athenæum 18 July 632/2 ‘Gun fire’ for early morning tea.

1926 Times 1 Jan. 13/3 After a sharp exchange of gunfire the massive tanks of the new property legislation have rolled over the last ditch.

1928 Daily Mail 31 July 13/1 A typical day in the life of a Territorial in camp..is as follows: 6 a.m. Réveillé. 6.30 ‘Gunfire’ (morning tea and biscuits), [etc.].

1940 ‘Gun Buster’ Return via Dunkirk ii. xvii. 201 ‘Dawn just breaking, sir,’ he affirmed, shoving into my hand a mug of hot ‘gunfire’.

1951 M. McLuhan Mech. Bride 137/2 One has only to listen to the tense gunfire delivery of radio sports announcers to understand this.

单词	gunfire
释义	> as lemmas gunfire gunfire n. (a) the firing of a gun or guns; Nautical and Military the time at which the morning or evening gun is fired; spec. rapid firing in which each gun acts independently and fires as rapidly as it can be loaded; also figurative; (b) Army slang an early morning cup of tea served out to troops before going on first parade. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > signals > [noun] > signal with gun > time of gunfire1801 society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [noun] gunning1570 fire1590 firing1684 squibbing1697 gunfire1801 gunnery1816 pop-off1843 pluffing1852 machine-gun fire1882 gun-play1897 loosing off1906 the world > food and drink > drink > tea > [noun] > a cup of > in morning > given to troops gunfire1919 1801 M. Nugent Jrnl. 30 Oct. (1839) I. ii. 83 Up at gun-fire. 1814 T. E. Hook Let. 24 Mar. in A. Mathews Mem. C. Mathews (1838) II. xii. 269 Always up by gun-fire, five o'clock. 1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. (at cited word) Gun-fire, the time at which the morning or evening gun is fired. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. xvi. 253 I will give you leave to go to-morrow morning and stay till gun-fire. 1870 Daily News 13 Oct. 5/5 This same shell disturbed a hare, which..scampered across the battlefield right in a line with the gun fire. 1898 P. H. Colomb in National Rev. Aug. 841 Quite possibly an English admiral would have risked the dangers of navigation rather than the dangers of gun-fire. 1912 S. E. Burrow Friend or Foe x. 125 In the prayer~room they gathered at noon day by day for their ‘Gun~fire’, and around the Word had the most helpful fellowship. 1916 ‘B. Cable’ Action Front 210 The gunners..will tell you how they stretched themselves to the call for ‘gun-fire’. 1919 War Slang in Athenæum 18 July 632/2 ‘Gun fire’ for early morning tea. 1926 Times 1 Jan. 13/3 After a sharp exchange of gunfire the massive tanks of the new property legislation have rolled over the last ditch. 1928 Daily Mail 31 July 13/1 A typical day in the life of a Territorial in camp..is as follows: 6 a.m. Réveillé. 6.30 ‘Gunfire’ (morning tea and biscuits), [etc.]. 1940 ‘Gun Buster’ Return via Dunkirk ii. xvii. 201 ‘Dawn just breaking, sir,’ he affirmed, shoving into my hand a mug of hot ‘gunfire’. 1951 M. McLuhan Mech. Bride 137/2 One has only to listen to the tense gunfire delivery of radio sports announcers to understand this. extracted from gunn. < as lemmas
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