| 单词 | thirty-eight |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthirty-eight 4. Thirty and its compounds in elliptical uses: e.g. thirty-four, port-wine of the year 1834; thirty-eight, a revolver of ·38 calibre; ammunition for such a revolver; thirty-three (and a third), 33⅓, 33⅓ revolutions per minute; a gramophone record to be played at this speed; thirty-two, a thirty-two-pound gun; a flowerpot of which there are 32 in a ‘cast’ (see cast n. 15); a revolver of ·32 calibre; see also thirtytwomo n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or shell > bullet > types of bullet pistol bullet?1591 musket bullet1598 musket ball1637 silver bullet1648 three-o(h)-three1683 pistol ball1689 musket shot1755 Biscayen1812 picket1848 rifle bolt1849 Minié ball1851 Minié1852 expanding bullet1859 navy bullet1873 two-two1895 dum-dum1897 Lee-Enfield bullet1899 rubber bullet1900 full-metal-jacket1913 round-nose1932 thirty-two1942 plastic bullet1945 baton round1968 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > pistol > revolver > types of six-shooter1844 five-shooter1848 belt revolver1853 six-shooting1858 pepperbox1861 service revolver1864 navy1867 six chamber1877 forty-five1881 pepper castor1889 hip revolver1897 six-gun1912 six chamber revolver1922 police special1935 thirty-two1942 thirty-eight1953 society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > a sound recording > [noun] > record or disc > type of record pre-release1871 record album1904 re-release1907 ten-inch1908 twelve-incher1909 demonstration record1911 pressing1912 swinger1924 repressing1927 transcription1931 long-player1932 rush release1935 pop record1937 album1945 demonstration disc1947 pop disc1947 pop single1947 long-play1948 picture disc1948 781949 single1949 forty-five1950 demo disc1952 EP1952 shellac1954 top of the pops1956 gold disc1957 acetate1962 platinum disc1964 chartbuster1965 miss1965 cover1966 reissue1966 pirate label1968 rock record1968 thirty-three (and a third)1968 sampler1969 white-label1970 double album1971 dubplate1976 seven-inch1977 mini-album1980 joint1991 1802 W. Forsyth Treat. Fruit-trees viii. 113 (note) [Flower] Pots are denominated by the number contained in what the Potters call a Cast... [The] 5 [size, of] 32 [in the Cast is called] Thirty-two's. 1860 All Year Round 28 July 378 ‘Toasts are almost out of date’, I replied; ‘but the 'thirty-four must pay for this’. 1870 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. Feb. 85 They..could knock the thirty-twos about in the style characteristic of British sailors. 1903 D. McDonald Garden Compan. 2nd Ser. 70 They choose pots of various sizes—those called thirty-twos (6 in.) seem to be most liked. 1942 L. Hughes Shakespeare in Harlem 3 Gonna go get my pistol, I mean thirty-two. 1951 E. Sackville-West & D. Shawe-Taylor Rec. Guide 716 While we in England cannot say how bad were the worst of the early Columbia 33s, or how good the best of the Victor 45s, the difference would have to be great to justify..the Victor system. 1953 W. S. Burroughs Junkie i. 20 Jack's voice..went on and on... ‘Give me a thirty-eight every time. Just flick back the hammer and let her go. I'll drop anyone at five hundred feet.’ 1959 I. Jefferies Thirteen Days iv. 46 Mostly I filled up with nine-milli..but I threw in some thirty-eights and three-oh-three. 1968 Melody Maker 22 June 2 This is the EP which is recorded at 33⅓ and plays for 18 minutes. 1974 R. B. Parker Godwulf Manuscript iii. 17 The girl's voice..was thick and very slow, almost like a 45 record played at 33. 1978 R. Thomas Chinaman's Chance III. xxix. 291 We need a couple of pieces... Revolvers. No smaller than a thirty-two, no larger than a thirty-eight. < as lemmas |
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