cannon 音标拼音: [k'ænən]
n . 大炮,加农炮
vt .
vi . 炮轰
大炮,加农炮炮轰
cannon n 1 :
a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels 2 :
heavy gun fired from a tank 3 : (
Middle Ages )
a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm 4 :
heavy automatic gun fired from an airplane 5 :
lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals [
synonym : {
cannon }, {
shank }]
6 :
a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other [
synonym : {
carom }, {
cannon }]
v 1 :
make a cannon 2 :
fire a cannon Gun \
Gun \ (
g [
u ^]
n ),
n . [
OE .
gonne ,
gunne ;
of uncertain origin ;
cf .
Ir .,
Gael ., &
LL .
gunna ,
W .
gum ;
possibly (
like cannon )
fr .
L .
canna reed ,
tube ;
or abbreviated fr .
OF .
mangonnel ,
E .
mangonel ,
a machine for hurling stones .]
1 .
A weapon which throws or propels a missile to a distance ;
any firearm or instrument for throwing projectiles ,
consisting of a tube or barrel closed at one end ,
in which the projectile is placed ,
with an explosive charge (
such as guncotton or gunpowder )
behind ,
which is ignited by various means .
Pistols ,
rifles ,
carbines ,
muskets ,
and fowling pieces are smaller guns ,
for hand use ,
and are called {
small arms }.
Larger guns are called {
cannon },
{
ordnance }, {
fieldpieces }, {
carronades }, {
howitzers },
etc .
See these terms in the Vocabulary .
[
1913 Webster ]
As swift as a pellet out of a gunne When fire is in the powder runne . --
Chaucer .
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1913 Webster ]
The word gun was in use in England for an engine to cast a thing from a man long before there was any gunpowder found out . --
Selden .
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2 . (
Mil .)
A piece of heavy ordnance ;
in a restricted sense ,
a cannon .
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3 .
pl . (
Naut .)
Violent blasts of wind .
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Note :
Guns are classified ,
according to their construction or manner of loading as {
rifled }
or {
smoothbore },
{
breech -
loading }
or {
muzzle -
loading }, {
cast }
or {
built -
up guns };
or according to their use ,
as {
field },
{
mountain }, {
prairie }, {
seacoast },
and {
siege guns }.
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1913 Webster ]
{
Armstrong gun },
a wrought iron breech -
loading cannon named after its English inventor ,
Sir William Armstrong .
{
Big gun }
or {
Great gun },
a piece of heavy ordnance ;
hence (
Fig .),
a person superior in any way ;
as ,
bring in the big guns to tackle the problem .
{
Gun barrel },
the barrel or tube of a gun .
{
Gun carriage },
the carriage on which a gun is mounted or moved .
{
Gun cotton } (
Chem .),
a general name for a series of explosive nitric ethers of cellulose ,
obtained by steeping cotton in nitric and sulphuric acids .
Although there are formed substances containing nitric acid radicals ,
yet the results exactly resemble ordinary cotton in appearance .
It burns without ash ,
with explosion if confined ,
but quietly and harmlessly if free and open ,
and in small quantity .
Specifically ,
the lower nitrates of cellulose which are insoluble in ether and alcohol in distinction from the highest (
pyroxylin )
which is soluble .
See {
Pyroxylin },
and cf . {
Xyloidin }.
The gun cottons are used for blasting and somewhat in gunnery :
for making celluloid when compounded with camphor ;
and the soluble variety (
pyroxylin )
for making collodion .
See {
Celluloid },
and {
Collodion }.
Gun cotton is frequenty but improperly called {
nitrocellulose }.
It is not a nitro compound ,
but an ester of nitric acid .
{
Gun deck }.
See under {
Deck }.
{
Gun fire },
the time at which the morning or the evening gun is fired .
{
Gun metal },
a bronze ,
ordinarily composed of nine parts of copper and one of tin ,
used for cannon ,
etc .
The name is also given to certain strong mixtures of cast iron .
{
Gun port } (
Naut .),
an opening in a ship through which a cannon '
s muzzle is run out for firing .
{
Gun tackle } (
Naut .),
the blocks and pulleys affixed to the side of a ship ,
by which a gun carriage is run to and from the gun port .
{
Gun tackle purchase } (
Naut .),
a tackle composed of two single blocks and a fall . --
Totten .
{
Krupp gun },
a wrought steel breech -
loading cannon ,
named after its German inventor ,
Herr Krupp .
{
Machine gun },
a breech -
loading gun or a group of such guns ,
mounted on a carriage or other holder ,
and having a reservoir containing cartridges which are loaded into the gun or guns and fired in rapid succession .
In earlier models ,
such as the {
Gatling gun },
the cartridges were loaded by machinery operated by turning a crank .
In modern versions the loading of cartidges is accomplished by levers operated by the recoil of the explosion driving the bullet ,
or by the pressure of gas within the barrel .
Several hundred shots can be fired in a minute by such weapons ,
with accurate aim .
The {
Gatling gun }, {
Gardner gun }, {
Hotchkiss gun },
and {
Nordenfelt gun },
named for their inventors ,
and the French {
mitrailleuse },
are machine guns .
{
To blow great guns } (
Naut .),
to blow a gale .
See {
Gun },
n .,
3 .
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1913 Webster PJC ]
Cannon \
Can "
non \,
n .;
pl . {
Cannons },
collectively {
Cannon }. [
F .
cannon ,
fr .
L .
canna reed ,
pipe ,
tube .
See {
Cane }.]
1 .
A great gun ;
a piece of ordnance or artillery ;
a firearm for discharging heavy shot with great force .
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1913 Webster ]
Note :
Cannons are made of various materials ,
as iron ,
brass ,
bronze ,
and steel ,
and of various sizes and shapes with respect to the special service for which they are intended ,
as intended ,
as siege ,
seacoast ,
naval ,
field ,
or mountain ,
guns .
They always aproach more or less nearly to a cylindrical from ,
being usually thicker toward the breech than at the muzzle .
Formerly they were cast hollow ,
afterwards they were cast ,
solid ,
and bored out .
The cannon now most in use for the armament of war vessels and for seacoast defense consists of a forged steel tube reinforced with massive steel rings shrunk upon it .
Howitzers and mortars are sometimes called cannon .
See {
Gun }.
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2 . (
Mech .)
A hollow cylindrical piece carried by a revolving shaft ,
on which it may ,
however ,
revolve independently .
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3 . (
Printing .)
A kind of type .
See {
Canon }.
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{
Cannon ball },
strictly ,
a round solid missile of stone or iron made to be fired from a cannon ,
but now often applied to a missile of any shape ,
whether solid or hollow ,
made for cannon .
Elongated and cylindrical missiles are sometimes called bolts ;
hollow ones charged with explosives are properly called shells .
{
Cannon bullet },
a cannon ball . [
Obs .]
{
Cannon cracker },
a fire cracker of large size .
{
Cannon lock },
a device for firing a cannon by a percussion primer .
{
Cannon metal }.
See {
Gun Metal }.
{
Cannon pinion },
the pinion on the minute hand arbor of a watch or clock ,
which drives the hand but permits it to be moved in setting .
{
Cannon proof },
impenetrable by cannon balls .
{
Cannon shot }.
(
a )
A cannon ball .
(
b )
The range of a cannon .
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1913 Webster ]
Cannon \
Can "
non \,
v .
i .
1 .
To discharge cannon .
[
Webster 1913 Suppl .]
2 .
To collide or strike violently ,
esp .
so as to glance off or rebound ;
to strike and rebound .
He heard the right -
hand goal post crack as a pony cannoned into it --
crack ,
splinter ,
and fall like a mast . --
Kipling .
[
Webster 1913 Suppl .]
Cannon \
Can "
non \,
n . &
v . (
Billiards )
See {
Carom }. [
Eng .]
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1913 Webster ]
Carom \
Car "
om \,
n . [
Prob .
corrupted fr .
F .
carumboler to carom ,
carambolage a carom ,
carambole the red ball in billiards .]
(
Billiards )
A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table ;
a hitting of two or more balls with the player '
s ball .
In England it is called {
cannon }.
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1913 Webster ]
139 Moby Thesaurus words for "
cannon ":
aim at ,
appulse ,
artillery ,
backfire ,
backlash ,
bang ,
bang into ,
barrage ,
battery ,
blast ,
blitz ,
bombard ,
boomerang ,
bounce ,
bounce back ,
bound ,
bound back ,
bowshot ,
brunt ,
bulldozing ,
bullet ,
bulling ,
bump ,
bump into ,
cannon off ,
cannonade ,
cannonry ,
carambole ,
carom ,
carom into ,
clash ,
coast artillery ,
collide ,
collision ,
come into collision ,
commence firing ,
concuss ,
concussion ,
confront each other ,
crack up ,
crack -
up ,
crash ,
crash into ,
crump ,
crunch ,
cutpurse ,
dash into ,
detonation ,
dip ,
discharge ,
diver ,
ejection ,
encounter ,
enfilade ,
fall foul of ,
field artillery ,
fire a volley ,
fire at ,
fire upon ,
flak ,
fly back ,
foul ,
fusillade ,
gun ,
gunfire ,
gunshot ,
hammering ,
have repercussions ,
heavy field artillery ,
hit ,
hit against ,
hurt ,
hurtle ,
impact ,
impinge ,
impingement ,
kick ,
kick back ,
knock ,
knock against ,
lash back ,
mauling ,
meet ,
meeting ,
mortar ,
onslaught ,
open fire ,
open up on ,
ordnance ,
pepper ,
percuss ,
percussion ,
pop at ,
potshot ,
rake ,
ramming ,
rebound ,
recalcitrate ,
recoil ,
repercuss ,
resile ,
ricochet ,
run into ,
salvo ,
shell ,
shock ,
shoot ,
shoot at ,
shot ,
sideswipe ,
siege artillery ,
siege engine ,
slam into ,
sledgehammering ,
smack into ,
smash ,
smash into ,
smash up ,
smash -
up ,
smashing ,
snap back ,
snipe ,
snipe at ,
spray ,
spring ,
spring back ,
stoneshot ,
strafe ,
strike ,
strike against ,
take aim at ,
tattoo ,
thrusting ,
torpedo ,
trench artillery ,
volley ,
whomp ,
wire ,
zero in on
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