Technical uses. intransitive. Of artillery: to fire downwards from an elevated position. Cf. plunging, adj. 3. Obsolete.
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| 释义 | society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > discharge firearms [verb (intransitive)] > types of firing (8) plunge1761 Technical uses. intransitive. Of artillery: to fire downwards from an elevated position. Cf. plunging, adj. 3. Obsolete. steal1794 To fire (a gun) stealthily. Obsolete. snipe1832 intransitive. To fire as in snipe-shooting; to shoot at an enemy in this manner (cf. 1). Also with at and away. to fire into the brown (of them)1845 the brown: lit. the brown-coloured mass of a flock of game-birds; in to fire into the brown (of them): to fire into the midst of a covey instead of… pot1854 intransitive. To shoot, take a pot-shot. Frequently with at. pot-shoot1867 transitive and intransitive. To take a pot-shot at (a person or animal); to take pot-shots. Also figurative. group1911 Firearms. intransitive. Of a firearm (esp. a rifle) or its firer: to fire shots which form a compact group. Also transitive. pot-shot1913 transitive. To take a pot-shot at (a person or thing). Also occasionally intransitive: to take pot-shots. Also figurative. |
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