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large, heavy guns which are often moved on wheels （统称）火炮 Extra Examplesnuclear artillery units 核炮部队 A stray artillery shell struck the hospital. 一发火炮流弹击中了那家医院。 The army launched a heavy artillery barrage against enemy positions. 军队对敌人的阵地发动了猛烈的炮击。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- field
- heavy
- anti-aircraft
- …
- attack
- barrage
- bombardment
- …
- the artillery[singular]
the section of an army trained to use these guns 炮兵部队 He was a captain in the Royal Artillery. 他是皇家炮兵的上尉。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- field
- heavy
- anti-aircraft
- …
- attack
- barrage
- bombardment
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French artillerie, from artiller, alteration of atillier ‘equip, arm’, probably a variant of atirier, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + tire ‘rank, order’.