an old type of large, heavy gun, usually on wheels, that fires solid metal or stone balls (通常装有轮子并发射铁弹或石弹的旧式)大炮 Three cannon opened fire. 三门大炮开火了。
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 (飞机上的)自动机关炮 a burst of cannon fire 一阵炮火
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.