| 单词 | at point blank |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat point blank b. A horizontal angle of fire. Esp. in at point blank. Now rare. ΚΠ 1579 L. Digges & T. Digges Stratioticos 65 The third Question. If a Falcon that carrieth poynt blancke 150 pase, at vtmost randon randge 1300 pases, I demaunde howe farre a Culuering at his vtmost randon will reach, that at poynt blancke, or leuell, rangeth 250 pase. 1587 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Iland Brit. (new ed.) ii. xvi. 198/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I How manie scores it [sc. the shot] doth flee at point blanke. 1661 S. Partridge Descr. Double Scale Proportion 85 How far will a Cannon carry her Bullet at her best Randon, that carrieth it at point-blank 360 paces. 1851 Times 30 Dec. 4/4 At point-blank the average range is 150 yards, but the range is sometimes 50 more and sometimes 50 less. 1973 J. G. Farrell Siege of Krishnapur xxx. 326 A gun which at any elevation from point blank to five degrees could stand two hundred rounds without a strain. < as lemmas |
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