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cannon

noun
🔊/ˈkænən/
🔊/ˈkænən/
(plural cannon, cannons)
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  1. an old type of large, heavy gun, usually on wheels, that fires solid metal or stone balls（通常装有轮子并发射铁弹或石弹的旧式）大炮
    • Three cannon opened fire.三门大炮开火了。
    see also loose cannon, snow cannon, water cannonTopics Historyc1, War and conflictc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • automatic
    • water
    verb + cannon
    • load
    • mount
    • aim
    • …
    cannon + verb
    • boom
    • roar
    • thunder
    • …
    cannon + noun
    • ball
    • shell
    • blast
    • …
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  2. a gun that fires many shots from an aircraft or tank（飞机上的）自动机关炮
    • a burst of cannon fire一阵大炮火
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • automatic
    • water
    verb + cannon
    • load
    • mount
    • aim
    • …
    cannon + verb
    • boom
    • roar
    • thunder
    • …
    cannon + noun
    • ball
    • shell
    • blast
    • …
    See full entry
    3. Word Originlate Middle English: from French canon, from Italian cannone ‘large tube’, from canna ‘cane, reed’, via Latin from Greek kanna, kannē, of Semitic origin.

cannon

verb
🔊/ˈkænən/
🔊/ˈkænən/
[intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they cannon
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he / she / it cannons
🔊/ˈkænənz/
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past simple cannoned
🔊/ˈkænənd/
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past participle cannoned
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-ing form cannoning
🔊/ˈkænənɪŋ/
🔊/ˈkænənɪŋ/
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  1. + adv./prep. to hit somebody/something with a lot of force while you are moving猛撞；碰撞
    • He ran around the corner, cannoning into a group of kids.他跑过拐角时与一群小孩相撞。🔊🔊
    Word Originlate Middle English: from French canon, from Italian cannone ‘large tube’, from canna ‘cane, reed’, via Latin from Greek kanna, kannē, of Semitic origin.