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artillery

noun
🔊/ɑːˈtɪləri/
🔊/ɑːrˈtɪləri/
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  1. [uncountable] large, heavy guns which are often moved on wheels（统称）火炮
    • The town is under heavy artillery fire.该市镇处于密集的炮火之下。🔊🔊
    • artillery attacks/barrages/shells火炮攻击/弹幕/炮弹
    Extra Examples
    • nuclear artillery units核炮部队
    • A stray artillery shell struck the hospital.一发火炮流弹击中了那家医院。
    • The army launched a heavy artillery barrage against enemy positions.军队向敌人阵地发射了重型炮弹。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • field
    • heavy
    • anti-aircraft
    • …
    artillery + noun
    • attack
    • barrage
    • bombardment
    • …
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  2. the artillery
     [singular] the section of an army trained to use these guns炮兵部队
    • He was a captain in the Royal Artillery.他是皇家炮兵的队长。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • field
    • heavy
    • anti-aircraft
    • …
    artillery + noun
    • attack
    • barrage
    • bombardment
    • …
    See full entry
    3. Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French artillerie, from artiller, alteration of atillier ‘equip, arm’, probably a variant of atirier, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + tire ‘rank, order’.
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