| 单词 | seventy-five |
| 释义 | > as lemmasseventy-five seventy-five n. (also 75) †(a) Archery a bow with a draw weight of 75 lbs (obsolete); (b) a 75 mm calibre field gun characterized by a hydro-pneumatic recoil mechanism that allows rapid firing, developed by the French military in the late 19th cent.; (also) any of various similar guns derived from this; = French 75 n. (a) at French adj. and n. Compounds 1b; now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > archer's weapons > [noun] > bow > types of bow tax1541 livery bow?a1549 bow of lath1597 yew1605 slug1614 seventy-five1840 self1856 three-wood1875 recurve1961 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > rifle > types of three-o(h)-three1683 air rifle1801 yager1817 big bore1838 seventy-five1840 telescopic rifle1850 Minié rifle1851 needle rifle1856 pea rifle1856 Lancaster1857 six-shooting1858 Whitworth1858 Henry1861 polygroove1863 telescopic-sighted rifle1863 spencer1866 magazine rifle1867 Snider rifle1868 chassepot1869 Martini–Henry rifle1869 Winchester1871 Mauser rifle1872 Martini1876 saloon rifle1881 express1884 express rifle1884 Mannlicher1884 Mauser1887 Lee-Enfield1888 Flobert1890 pump gun1890 take-down1895 two-two1895 Ross rifle1901 hammer-rifle1907 sporter1907 French 751914 twenty-two1925 machine-gun rifle1941 assault rifle1950 assault weapon1968 kalashnikov1970 assault rifle1975 1840 G. A. Hansard Bk. Archery ix. 368 A seventy-five, which commands all lengths within four hundred yards. 1914 Manch. Courier 28 Sept. 5/6 The position had been strongly fortified by the enemy, and a ten days' bombardment by the famous Seventy-fives of the French artillery had failed to dislodge him. 1917 A. C. Kimber Let. 17 June in P. Gregory & E. Nurser American on Western Front (2016) (e-book ed.) xv The enemy began firing shrapnel from 75s at us, but of course it all flew wild. 1929 Ye Sylvan Archer Mar. 4/2 Our archers work up from the use of thirty and forty pound bows to the deadly 65s, 75s and 80s. 1969 A. Horne To lose Battle xxi. 510 Amongst the guns taken were some 7,000 French ‘75s’ of First War vintage. 2017 J. LaMonica Amer. Tactical Advancem. World War I i. 16 Light artillery was comprised of French Schneider M1897 seventy-five-millimeter cannon. The seventy-five's high rate of fire made it ideal for conducting creeping barrages. < as lemmas |
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