| 单词 | thunderflash |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthunderflash thunderflash n. in military use, a harmless, very noisy, form of explosive; a firework imitating this. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > firework > [noun] > cracker or squib squib1534 crackera1592 breaker1630 serpent1634 fizgig1647 firecracker1650 petard1668 reporter1688 riprap1709 swarmer1740 mine1769 India cracker1780 throwdown1877 whizz-bang1881 flip-flap1885 snake1891 thunderflash1943 banger1959 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > explosive device > [noun] > other explosive devices squib1590 Volta's pistol1779 water worm1809 satchel charge1943 thunderflash1943 Willie Peter1963 Willie Pete1972 suicide belt1974 1943 C. C. Knights What H.G. needs to know about Explosives 10 The only ‘fireworks’ issued to the typical H.G. unit are crackers and thunder~flashes used to give ‘an air of verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing’ exercise. 1959 G. Adamson Let. 19 Mar. in J. Adamson Born Free (1960) 139 I went to visit Elsa... I let off three thunder flashes..and..she suddenly appeared. 1977 ‘E. Crispin’ Glimpses of Moon xi. 210 And we did ought to have..used firecrackers and thunderflashes and horns and whistles. < as lemmas |
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