Artillery



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 大炮, 炮兵
• ［记］ 分割记忆: art-ill-ery ( 艺术得病用大炮解决)

Webster Collegiate

noun (plural -leries)

• Etymology: Middle English artillerie, from Anglo-French, from artiller to equip, arm, alteration of Old French atillier, from Vulgar Latin *apticulare, from Latin aptare to don, prepare, fit — more at adapt
• Date: 15th century
• 1. weapons (as bows, slings, and catapults) for discharging missiles
• 2.
  • a. large bore crew-served mounted firearms (as guns, howitzers, and rockets) ; ordnance
  • b. a branch of an army armed with artillery
• 3. means of impressing, arguing, or persuading

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