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Artillery means large, powerful military guns — too big to carry, usually mounted on wheels or a base, like cannons or big field guns. It can also mean the part of an army that uses these big guns.
火砲;砲兵
組成From French "artillerie," related to an old word meaning "to equip" or "to arm."
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artillerynoun/ɑːˈtɪləɹi/
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Large projectile weapons, in modern usage usually large guns, but also rocket artillery.
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An army unit that uses such weapons, or a military formation using projectile weapons, such as archers.
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Gunnery (design and manufacture of guns).
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archaicWeapons, especially siege engines.
- And Ionathan gaue his artillery vnto his ladde, and said vnto him, Goe, cary them to the citie.
- The old walls […] were surely strong enough to keep out men without battering-rams, balistas, or artillery of any kind. [Footnote] Artillery is here used in its old English meaning for any kind of warlike engine. Cf. I Sam. XX. 40.
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slangOne or more guns.
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