“chain、shot”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

chain-shot

释义

ˈchain-shot
A kind of shot formed of two balls, or half-balls, connected by a chain, chiefly used in naval warfare to destroy masts, rigging, and sails; a shot or discharge of this. Also fig.
1581Sidney Apol. Poetrie (Arb.) 55 Thys argument..is..indeed, a chaine-shot against all learning.1591Horsey Trav. (1857) 186 Everie shipe caries cannon and..powder [and] cheyne-shott.1627Capt. Smith Seaman's Gram. xiv. 67 Chaine shot..contriued round as in a ball, yet will spred in flying their full length in bredth.1642Fuller Holy & Prof. St. ii. vii. 73 Dilemma's, two-edged swords that cut on both sides; Sorites, chain-shot.1660N. Ingelo Bentiv. & Urania (1682) ii. 184 A chain'd-shot..cut off Atheophilus his main Mast in the middle.1708Lond. Gaz. No. 3878/4 The Admiral..had his Leg broke by a Chain-Shot.1850Prescott Peru II. 277 He was hit by a chain-shot from an arquebuse.

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