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

†2. Military. Chiefly in plural. The exchange of artillery fire at a considerable distance, esp. between ships. Chiefly in (to play) at long balls (also ball). Cf. long bowl n. 2. Obsolete.

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1758 Universal Mag. May 261/2 They are better at long balls than we are; and how can it be otherwise, since this ship of 64 guns has fifty regular trained gunners,..which must of course make them marksmen at a distance?

1812 in L. James Warrior Race (2001) iv. i. 290 Now, my lads, this is the day for England: they would play at long ball with us from morning to night, but we will soon give them something else.

1828 T. S. Beauchant Naval Gunner 17 Long balls are not congenial to a British sailor.

1859 Times 5 Feb. 12/2 [The ship] would..have been utterly disabled had she continued the combat at long balls against a battery of only two guns, at 1,200 or 1,300 yards' distance.

1894 Engineering 12 Oct. 482/2 No decisive naval battle has ever yet been won by playing at long balls.

单词	at long balls
释义	> as lemmas (to play) at long balls (also ball) †2. Military. Chiefly in plural. The exchange of artillery fire at a considerable distance, esp. between ships. Chiefly in (to play) at long balls (also ball). Cf. long bowl n. 2. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1758 Universal Mag. May 261/2 They are better at long balls than we are; and how can it be otherwise, since this ship of 64 guns has fifty regular trained gunners,..which must of course make them marksmen at a distance? 1812 in L. James Warrior Race (2001) iv. i. 290 Now, my lads, this is the day for England: they would play at long ball with us from morning to night, but we will soon give them something else. 1828 T. S. Beauchant Naval Gunner 17 Long balls are not congenial to a British sailor. 1859 Times 5 Feb. 12/2 [The ship] would..have been utterly disabled had she continued the combat at long balls against a battery of only two guns, at 1,200 or 1,300 yards' distance. 1894 Engineering 12 Oct. 482/2 No decisive naval battle has ever yet been won by playing at long balls. extracted from long balln. < as lemmas
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