shrapnel
英 ['?r?pn(?)l]
美 ['sr?pn?l]
- n. 彈片；榴霰彈；零錢
- n. (Shrapnel)人名；(英)施雷普內(nèi)爾
中文詞源
shrapnel 榴霰彈，彈片來自這種炮彈的發(fā)明者 19 世紀(jì)英國將軍 Henry Shrapnel,后引申詞義彈片。
英文詞源
- shrapnel
- shrapnel: The term shrapnel commemorates the name of General Henry Shrapnel (1761–1842), a British artillery officer who in the course of the Peninsular War, at the beginning of the 19th century, invented an exploding shell that sent bullets flying in all directions
- shrapnel (n.)
- 1806, from Gen. Henry Shrapnel (1761-1842), who invented a type of exploding, fragmenting shell when he was a lieutenant in the Royal Artillery during the Peninsular War. The invention consisted of a hollow cannon ball, filled with shot, which burst in mid-air; his name for it was spherical case ammunition. Sense of "shell fragments" is first recorded 1940. The surname is attested from 13c., and is believed to be a metathesized form of Charbonnel, a diminutive form of Old French charbon "charcoal," in reference to complexion, hair color, or some other quality.
雙語例句
- 1. He was wounded in both legs and severely peppered with shrapnel.
- 他兩條腿都掛彩了，人也被如雨的彈片炸成重傷。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The driver of an evacuation bus was wounded by shrapnel.
- 一輛疏散大巴的司機被彈片炸傷。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. He was hit by shrapnel from a grenade.
- 他被手榴彈的彈片擊中了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. He was hit in the arm by flying shrapnel.
- 他被流彈片打中了手臂.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. The bomb exploded, sending shrapnel whistling through the trees.
- 炸彈爆炸了, 彈片呼嘯著穿過樹林.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》