英语词汇“to light off”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

> as lemmas

to light off

transitive. To ignite (an explosive).In similative use in quot. 1717 with reference to the explosion of a mob into violence.

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1717 Entertainer No. 5. 28 Like Gunpowder, when they are lighted off, they [sc. the Mob] scatter Ruin and Destruction around them.

1928 Wisconsin State Jrnl. 28 Feb. 3/5 The ‘hand-cannon’..was little more than a barrel with a hole to light off the powder.

1997 Flight Internat. 18 June 56/2 Previous ejection guns were literally that: a small gunpowder charge lit off a greater quantity of nitro-cellulose, which ejected the seat.

2015 D. Keith Ship that wouldn't Die (e-book ed.) Each man working in the magazine fully expected a bomb to crash through the deck above him..and light off the explosive ordnance.

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as lemmas

单词	to light off
释义	> as lemmas to light off to light off transitive. To ignite (an explosive).In similative use in quot. 1717 with reference to the explosion of a mob into violence. ΚΠ 1717 Entertainer No. 5. 28 Like Gunpowder, when they are lighted off, they [sc. the Mob] scatter Ruin and Destruction around them. 1928 Wisconsin State Jrnl. 28 Feb. 3/5 The ‘hand-cannon’..was little more than a barrel with a hole to light off the powder. 1997 Flight Internat. 18 June 56/2 Previous ejection guns were literally that: a small gunpowder charge lit off a greater quantity of nitro-cellulose, which ejected the seat. 2015 D. Keith Ship that wouldn't Die (e-book ed.) Each man working in the magazine fully expected a bomb to crash through the deck above him..and light off the explosive ordnance. extracted from lightv.² < as lemmas
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