gunnery

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The science of guns and gunfire, including aspects of bullet flight and impact. uncountable,usually
    — When I have learnt what progress has been made in modern gunnery— / When I know more of tactics than a novice in a nunnery,—
  2. The design and manufacture of guns, particularly those of a large caliber. uncountable,usually
    — Originally, doubtless, that petty officer's function was the instruction of the men in the use of arms, sword, or cutlass. But very long ago, owing to the advance in gunnery, making hand-to-hand encounters less frequent, and giving to nitre and sulphur the preeminence over steel, that function ceased [...]
  3. The firing of guns. uncountable,usually
    — Northward incessantly, the flickering gunnery rumbles, / Far off, like a dull rumour of some other war.
  4. A place where guns are tested, or where people are trained in their use. countable,usually

词形变化

gunneries plural

词汇关系

衍生词
gunnery range gunnery sergeant master gunnery sergeant
相关词
artillery

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen-
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰéntis
Proto-Germanic *gunþiz
Old Norse gunnr
Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂-der.
Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂tís
Proto-Germanic *hildiz
Old Norse hildr
Old Norse Gunnhildrder.
Middle English gunne
English gun
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -ārius
Old French -ier
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin -ia
Old French -ie
Old French -eriebor.
Middle English -erie
English -ery
English gunnery
From gun + -ery.
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