英语词汇“weight of metal”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. The guns or firepower of a warship, etc. Chiefly in weight of metal. Also figurative.heavy metal: see heavy adj.¹ 6.

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society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > naval weapons and equipment > [noun] > ship's guns collectively

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1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle III. lxxxv. 50 He was sunk By death's superior weight of metal.

1757 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 30 Sept. (1932) (modernized text) V. 2246 They had eighteen [ships] and a greater weight of metal, according to the new sea phrase.

1764 W. Falconer Shipwreck (new ed.) ii. 65 From the torn ship her metal must be thrown.

1834 T. A. C. Jones in Rep. 23rd U.S. Congr. 2 Sess. House (1835) No. 141. 34 The brilliant success of our frigates mounting 24-pounders, over those of our late enemy mounting 18-pounders, has been the most fruitful cause of this error, by attributing those gallant achievements to the mere difference of metal; that is, to the difference between the effects of an 18 and 24-pound ball.

1871 R. B. Vaughan St. Thomas of Aquin I. 773 He possessed all the qualities necessary for success—weight of metal, as well as precision of aim.

1940 E. Pound Cantos LII–LXXI lxii. 106 You never send me Accounts e.g. of guns, numbers, their weight of metal.

1986 T. Mo Insular Possession xxiii. 296 Her decks full of men and bearing treble the weight of metal in her broadside of any Chinese revenue-cruiser.

单词	weight of metal
释义	> as lemmas weight of metal b. The guns or firepower of a warship, etc. Chiefly in weight of metal. Also figurative.heavy metal: see heavy adj.¹ 6. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > naval weapons and equipment > [noun] > ship's guns collectively armament1668 metal1751 tooth1806 1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle III. lxxxv. 50 He was sunk By death's superior weight of metal. 1757 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 30 Sept. (1932) (modernized text) V. 2246 They had eighteen [ships] and a greater weight of metal, according to the new sea phrase. 1764 W. Falconer Shipwreck (new ed.) ii. 65 From the torn ship her metal must be thrown. 1834 T. A. C. Jones in Rep. 23rd U.S. Congr. 2 Sess. House (1835) No. 141. 34 The brilliant success of our frigates mounting 24-pounders, over those of our late enemy mounting 18-pounders, has been the most fruitful cause of this error, by attributing those gallant achievements to the mere difference of metal; that is, to the difference between the effects of an 18 and 24-pound ball. 1871 R. B. Vaughan St. Thomas of Aquin I. 773 He possessed all the qualities necessary for success—weight of metal, as well as precision of aim. 1940 E. Pound Cantos LII–LXXI lxii. 106 You never send me Accounts e.g. of guns, numbers, their weight of metal. 1986 T. Mo Insular Possession xxiii. 296 Her decks full of men and bearing treble the weight of metal in her broadside of any Chinese revenue-cruiser. extracted from metaln.adj. < as lemmas
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