单词 | pressure mine |
释义 | > as lemmaspressure mine pressure mine n. a mine actuated by a change in pressure; esp. an underwater mine actuated by the temporary reduction in hydrostatic pressure caused by a passing ship. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > naval weapons and equipment > [noun] > mine undermine1682 American turtle1775 torpedo1776 submarine1846 mine1862 pole torpedo1877 ground-torpedo1878 spar torpedo1878 countermine1880 acoustic mine1923 magnetic mine1939 limpet1942 pressure mine1943 oyster1945 1943 Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune (Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin) 19 Aug. 2/5 ‘Mines removed’ meant hunting tricky instruments—some with new devices... They include all kinds of pressure mines, tension mines, clock mines and photo mines. 1949 J. S. Cowie Mines, Minelayers & Minelaying viii. 162 The Germans, meanwhile, had played their last card, the ‘Oyster’ or pressure mine. 1977 D. Irving Hitler's War v. 640 Göring blamed the navy..for objecting to the earlier laying of the secret ‘pressure mines’ off the French coast. 2002 P. Anderson When Scorpion Stings xi. 227 Callsign 22Alpha had detonated either an M16 or a small pressure mine, and..one of the vehicle's tracks had been blown off. < as lemmas |
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