| 单词 | running fire |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrunning fire running fire n. an act of firing a number of shots in rapid succession by a body of troops, typically from one end of a rank or ranks to the other; a rapid and continuous firing; (in extended use) a rapid succession of comments, witticisms, etc., expressed esp. in teasing or criticizing a person. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [noun] > type of firing point and blank1590 false fire1602 potting1613 point-blank1614 running fire1629 pounding1633 bulleting1635 platooning1706 sharp-shot1725 street firing1727 ricochet1740 fire curtain1744 plunging fire1747 reverse fire1758 sniping1773 enfilade1796 rapid fire1800 line-firing1802 concentric1804 sharpshooting1806 rake1810 sniping fire1821 cross-firing1837 file-firing1837 curved fire1854 night firing1856 file-fire1857 volley-firing1859 cross-fire1860 joy-firing1864 snap-shooting1872 stringing1873 pot-shooting1874 indirect fire1879 sweeping1907 rapid1913 curtain of fire1916 ripple1939 ripple-firing1940 ripple fire1961 1629 tr. S. Pelegromius Descr. S'hertogenbosh 27 They followed Eastward the one after the other, round about the Leager, as a running Fire. 1695 Exact Acc. Siege Namur 38 A treble Discharge was made of all our Artillery, and three Salvo's in a running Fire along the Lines. 1702 London Gaz. No. 3838/1 Her Majesty's Companies of Foot, with the Militia.., in two Lines, made as many running Fires. 1788 W. Gordon Hist. Independence U.S.A. III. ii. 82 A second general discharge of all the musketry in a running fire. 1822 T. Creevey Let. 16 Mar. (1903) II. 36 I kept up a kind of running fire upon Coke. 1861 W. G. Clark in F. Galton Vacation Tourists & Trav. 1860 22 The crowd kept up a running fire of vivas to pass the time. a1918 R. S. Bourne Hist. Literary Radical (1956) 82 A running fire of ideational badinage..took its place. 1938 Gazette (Montreal) 9 July 1/5 Government tanks..trained a running fire on the advancing troops. 2004 J. Powers-Beck Amer. Indian Integration Baseball iv. 75 Bender looked at his foes in stolid silence but smiled widely as the running fire of comments continued. < as lemmas |
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