Breech

[briːtʃ] or [britʃ]

解释:

(noun.) opening in the rear of the barrel of a gun where bullets can be loaded.

编辑:史蒂夫--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) The lower part of the body behind; the buttocks.

(n.) Breeches.

(n.) The hinder part of anything; esp., the part of a cannon, or other firearm, behind the chamber.

(n.) The external angle of knee timber, the inside of which is called the throat.

(v. t.) To put into, or clothe with, breeches.

(v. t.) To cover as with breeches.

(v. t.) To fit or furnish with a breech; as, to breech a gun.

(v. t.) To whip on the breech.

(v. t.) To fasten with breeching.

录入:威廉敏娜

同义词及近义词：

n. Hinder part, after part.

弗雷达录入

解释:

n. the lower part of the body behind: the hinder part of anything esp. of a gun.—v.t. to put into breeches: to flog.—adj. Breeched.—n.pl. Breeches (brich′ez) a garment worn by men on the lower limbs of the body strictly as distinguished from trousers coming just below the knee but often used generally for trousers—(Knee-breeches see under Knee).—n. Breech′ing a part of a horse's harness attached to the saddle which comes round the breech and is hooked to the shafts: a strong rope attached to the breech of a gun to secure it to a ship's side.—adj. (Shak.) subject to whipping.—n. Breech′-load′er a firearm loaded by introducing the charge at the breech instead of the muzzle.—Breeches Bible a name often given to the Geneva Bible produced by the English Protestant exiles in 1560 so named from the rendering 'breeches' in Gen. iii. 7; Breeches part (theat.) a part in which a girl wears men's clothes.—To wear the breeches (said of a wife) to usurp the authority of the husband: to be master.

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