| 单词 | v-weapons |
| 释义 | > as lemmasV-weapons V n. Vergeltungswaffe, ‘reprisal weapon’; used to denote German missiles of the war of 1939–45, as V-1 = flying bomb n. at flying n. Compounds 2; hence V-bomb; V-2, a type of rocket bomb; hence V-weapons. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > pilotless or remotely controlled drone1936 doodlebug1944 flying bomb1944 V-11944 beeper1946 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > explosive device > [noun] > bomb > flying rocket bomb1883 chase me, Charley1906 robot plane1929 robot bomb1934 robot1940 buzz-bomb1944 doodlebug1944 flying bomb1944 robomb1944 V-bomb1944 V-11944 V-21944 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > explosive device > [noun] > bomb > flying > collectively V-weapons1944 1944 Times 30 June 3/5 For two weeks London has now been subjected to ceaseless bombardment by the German weapon V1. 1944 Life 21 Aug. 17/1 It seems probable..that the V-2, successor to the V-1 robot bomb, will be a heavy rocket. 1944 Evening Sun (Baltimore) 13 Sept. 1/6 The Germans, after toning down their ‘V’ weapons threat for a few days, are now making new threats. 1944 Sun (Baltimore) 20 Nov. 3/4 Lord Vansittart found no substance in objections that German V-bombs debar a Big Three meeting in Britain. 1952 M. Allingham Tiger in Smoke ii. 43 Night. V2 time... Remember V2's?.. Suddenly, no warning, no whistle, wallop! 1962 F. I. Ordway et al. Basic Astronautics ii. 23 The modern space carrier vehicle is a direct descendant of the V2 guided missile developed by the German army during World War II. 1978 ‘D. Kyle’ Black Camelot x. 156 Hitler remains confident he can win the war... The V-weapons, I suppose. 1982 T. Fitzgibbon With Love ii. viii. 155 After D-Day, 6 June 1944, a new horror arrived..the pilotless flying bombs, called V1s and known..as ‘doodle~bugs’... In September..the first rockets (V2s) reached London. < as lemmas |
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