an old type of large, heavy gun, usually on wheels, that fires solid metal or stone balls (通常裝有輪子並發射鐵彈或石彈的舊式)大炮 Three cannon opened fire. 三門大炮開火了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- automatic
- water
- load
- mount
- aim
- …
- boom
- roar
- thunder
- …
- ball
- shell
- blast
- …
a gun that fires many shots from an aircraft or tank (飛機上的)自動機關炮 a burst of cannon fire 一陣炮火
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- automatic
- water
- load
- mount
- aim
- …
- boom
- roar
- thunder
- …
- ball
- shell
- blast
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from French canon, from Italian cannone ‘large tube’, from canna ‘cane, reed’, via Latin from Greek kanna, kannē, of Semitic origin.