“dum、dum”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

dum-dum

释义

dum-dum|ˈdʌmdʌm|
Also Dum Dum, Dum-Dum.
[f. Dum-Dum, name of a town and arsenal near Calcutta, where they were first produced.]
In full dum-dum bullet: a metal-cased bullet with a soft core uncovered at the point, which expands on impact. Hence ˈdum-dum v. trans., to convert into a dum-dum bullet.
1897Westm. Gaz. 14 Dec. 7/3 The piper hero, Findlater, was wounded in the ankle with a Dum Dum bullet.1898Ibid. 25 Mar. 3/1 That the War Office authorities are not responsible directly for Dum-dumming the Lee-Metford bullets.1899Ibid. 25 Nov. 6/1 Any man can ‘Dum-Dum’ his own cartridges in a very few minutes by merely filing the nickel envelope off the nose of the bullet.1906Ibid. 27 Mar. 9/2 It is impossible that the Kaiser can know or approve of the adoption of the dum-dum.1968Peace News 12 Apr. 8/3 Dum-dum bullets were outlawed by 22–2 votes.1970Daily Tel. 9 Jan. 3/7 Use of the dum-dum has been classified as a war crime by a number of international conventions, including the Hague Declaration of 1907.

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