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单词 battery
释义 bat·tery
\ˈbad.ərē, -atərē, -a.trē, -ri\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle French & French batterie, from Old French, beating, from battre to beat — more at bat
1. : metal or metal articles especially of brass or copper wrought by hammering; specifically : metallic kitchen utensils
2.
 a. : the act of battering or beating
 b. : the unlawful beating of another including every willful, angry and violent, or negligent unlawful touching of another's person or clothes or anything attached to his person or held by him — compare assault 3a
 c. obsolete : bombardment
  < keep the bulwark fronts from battery — Christopher Marlowe >
3.
 a. : a temporary grouping (as of mortars or searchlights) for tactical purposes
 b.
  (1) : the entire armament of a warship
  (2) : a group of a warship's guns
   < the starboard battery >
   < the main battery >
4.
 a. : an emplacement where artillery is mounted
  < a fortress crowned with batteries — S.P.B.Mais >
 b.
  (1) : sinkbox
  (2) : a blind usually of turf used on English and Scottish moors especially by grouse shooters
5. : the basic tactical and administrative artillery unit usually consisting of from two to six pieces with the necessary personnel, transportation, communications, and equipment — compare company
6.
 a. : a combination of apparatus for producing a single electrical effect
  < a battery of dynamos >
 b.
  (1) : a group of two or more cells connected together to furnish electric current
  (2) : a single voltaic cell
7.
 a. : a number of similar articles, devices, or machines arranged, connected, or used together : set, series, group
  < a battery of files >
  < a battery of roman candles >
  < a battery of coke ovens >
  < a battery of exhausted brooms and mops leaned against the rail — Philip Wylie >
 as
  (1) : a group or series of tests especially of intelligence or personality given to a subject as an aid in psychological analysis
  (2) : a series of cages or compartments for raising or fattening poultry
  (3) : a closely packed group of nematocysts on the tentacle of a coelenterate
 b. : an imposing series or group of similar things : array
  < has equipped his book with … a formidable battery of prepublication comments — Robert Bierstedt >
 c. : an impressive group of persons having similar characteristics, occupations, or interests
  < a battery of specialists … all testified that the bill was too high — Milton Silverman >
 d. : a group of bulls kept for breeding
8.
 a. : the position of readiness (of a gun) for firing
  < the breechblock failed to close and the gun would not return to batteryInfantry Journal >
  < in battery >
  < out of battery >
 b. : the part of a flintlock the flint strikes against in firing
9.
 a. : a series of usually five stamps operated in one box or mortar for crushing ores
 b. : the box in which such stamps are operated
10. : a tank with its electrical and chemical accessories in which an electrotype shell is formed by electrodeposition
11. : the pitcher and catcher of a baseball team
12. : the percussion section of an orchestra
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