| 单词 | ready, aim, fire |
| 释义 | > as lemmasready, aim, fire 2. Military. Used as a word of command to soldiers to prepare themselves, esp. (in ready, aim, fire and variants) to prepare to fire a weapon.Shortened from make ready: see Phrases 1c(a). Cf. also ready about at Phrases 4. ΚΠ 1799 J. MacDonald Treat. Pract. Field Artillery 13 No. 11 will give the words, ‘Point. Ready. Fire.’ 1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. at Manual The officers, instead of giving the words platoon, make ready,..are to pronounce the words short, as for instance, 'toon, ready. 1872 Atlantic Monthly Feb. 131/1 Stand where you are, and I will give the word of command. Now; ready, aim, fire! 1924 M. Minnigerode Fabulous Forties vii. 200 Suddenly the militia came to a startling, if inevitable, decision. ‘Ready, aim, fire!’ 1942 E. King tr. T'ien Chün Village in Aug. iv. 88 ‘Ready! March!’ 1991 G. Abbott Lords of Scaffold (BNC) 163 When oral commands were the order of the day, the three commands Ready, Aim, and Fire would be used. < as lemmas |
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