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单词 lyddite
释义

lyddite

/ˈlɪdʌɪt /
noun [mass noun]
A high explosive containing picric acid, used chiefly by the British during the First World War.Picric acid or lyddite, used in the Japanese explosive shimose, and tetryl were also highly sensitive, the latter having a higher shattering effect than TNT....
  • The divers were able to confirm that the shell, packed with lyddite explosive, was fired either by HMS Swiftsure or HMS Triumph on exercise in the run-up to the Great War.
  • Benzole cascaded through the torn plating on to the lyddite below, just as the Imro reversed propellor and pulled its bow clear in a shower of sparks.

Origin

Late 19th century: named after Lydd, a town in Kent where the explosive was first tested, + -ite1.

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