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单词 to fire a salute
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to fire a salute
P2. to fire a salute: to fire a certain number of guns as a formal sign of respect or celebration. Cf. salute n.1 3a.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > respect or show respect [verb (intransitive)] > fire a salute
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > discharge firearms [verb (intransitive)] > fire a salute
to fire a salute1737
1737 Mem. Soc. Grub-St. II. 129 The first of our ships that came up with any of theirs, should fire a salute.
1793 A. Dirom Narr. Campaign in India 5 Tippoo had fired a salute on the 26th from the fort, in the sight and hearing of our camp.
1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxvii. 91 At sundown, another salute of the same number of guns was fired.
1852 Yankee Notions Sept. 340/1 One fine Fourth of July morning, the Colonel..proposed to fire a salute in honor of the day.
1907 C. Wells Patty in Paris xi. 130 Cannon booming, and salutes being fired, and rockets and fireworks going off like mad.
1977 Time 20 June 14/1 Batteries of cannon fired multigun salutes.
2011 York Press (Nexis) 3 June Guns fired a salute to celebrate the Queen's coronation.
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