单词 | petard |
释义 | petard/pɪˈtɑːd /noun historical 1A small bomb made of a metal or wooden box filled with powder, used to blast down a door or to make a hole in a wall.Machine guns in front and on the flank opened fire, while petards, bombs, and artillery fire covered the entire area of the trenches with projectiles....
1.1A kind of firework that explodes with a sharp report.After lots of petards, fireworks, pyrotechnics, the best policy for spending New Years Eve is to be surrounded by great company, friends, good music, food and drink, and following with joyful waking up and sunshine!...
Phrasesbe hoist with (or by) one's own petard OriginMid 16th century: from French pétard, from péter 'break wind'. Rhymes |
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