Breech
[briːtʃ] or [britʃ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) opening in the rear of the barrel of a gun where bullets can be loaded.
編輯:史蒂夫--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(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.
錄入:威廉敏娜
同義詞及近義詞:
n. Hinder part, after part.
弗雷达錄入
解釋/意思:
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.
校對:迈拉
例句/造句/用法:
- Among the earliest fire-arms of this period one was invented which was a breech-loader and revolver. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Spain had 10,000 muskets to modernize by the same system, and the breech-block attachments were made at Ilion. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- A breech-loading rifle was also invented about this time. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- A form of breech-loading cannon was introduced in the sixteenth century, but the advantageous use of this device is of late invention. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The annexed woodcuts show the figure of this Revolver, with the working parts round the lock exposed to view, together with the shape of the revolving chambered breech. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- It was this weapon which in the Civil War gave proof of the deadly efficacy of the breech-loading magazine gun, and its superiority to the old style military arm. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- He devised the famous system of a dropping breech block, backed up by the hammer. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Why, the breeches-maker, said Bob Manners, speaking very slow. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Set a bulldog on hind legs, and dress him up in coat and breeches, and yo'n just getten John Thornton. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- But, as princes seldom get their meat hot, my legs were not scalded, only my stockings and breeches in a sad condition. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- I drew off my shoes, stockings, and breeches. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- At the age of six he had asked a Scripture riddle: Who was the first man known to wear breeches? 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- Lord Frederick wants your opinion on his new leather breeches. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- I stood up, took off the breeches and pulled off the knee-brace. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
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