| 单词 | ordnance |
| 释义 | ordnance (once / 1843 pages) n Ordnance is another word for military supplies, like guns, rockets, or armor. When a country is at war, it needs a lot of ordnance. The average person has probably never heard of ordnance. In fact, an ordinary person would have some explaining to do if they had ordnance, because it refers to military supplies. The word ordinance for “command” lost an i in the 1500’s and became ordnance, meaning “military materials.” Both words go with war — a command to shoot requires ordnance, or something to shoot with. Ordnance helps soldiers fight and protect them. You can’t go to war without ordnance. WORD FAMILYordnance: ordnances USAGE EXAMPLESOn how many countries is U.S. ordnance falling at the moment? Salon(Dec 15, 2016) A lot of the ordnance used in Syria are dumb bombs rather than the precision weapons Western forces use to avoid civilian casualties. Wall Street Journal(Dec 15, 2016) The area was being cleared for unexploded ordnance at the time of the discovery, he said. Washington Times(Dec 02, 2016) 1n military supplies Syn|Hyper munition, ordnance store armament weaponry used by military or naval force 2n large but transportable armament Syn|Hypo|Hyper artillery, gun, heavy weapon cannon a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels field artillery, field gunmovable artillery (other than antiaircraft) used by armies in the field (especially for direct support of front-line troops) four-pounderan artillery gun that throws a shot weighing four pounds basiliskancient brass cannon culverina heavy cannon with a long barrel used in the 16th and 17th centuries harpoon guna cannon or similar gun that fires harpoons high-angle guna cannon that can be fired at a high elevation for relatively short ranges long toma long swivel cannon formerly used by the navy armament weaponry used by military or naval force |
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