mortar
noun /ˈmɔːtə(r)/
/ˈmɔːrtər/
- [uncountable] a mixture of sand, water, lime and cement used in building for holding bricks and stones together
砂浆；灰浆 - [countable] a heavy gun that fires bombs and shells high into the air; the bombs that are fired by this gun
迫击炮；迫击炮弹 - to come under mortar fire/attack
受到迫击炮火的袭击
Topics War and conflictc2- The occasional mortar burst near our truck.
偶尔有迫击炮弹在我们的卡车旁爆炸。 - Their troops were armed with mortars and machine guns.
他们的军队装备有迫击炮和机关枪。 - They could not move their heavy mortars over the swampy ground.
他们无法把重型迫击炮移过那片沼泽。 - We were under constant mortar fire.
我们遭到迫击炮的不断攻击。 - hit by a mortar shell
被迫击炮弹击中 - Two soldiers were killed when their patrol came under mortar fire.
两名士兵巡逻时遭遇迫击炮弹袭击身亡。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- heavy
- be armed with
- have
- fire
- …
- burst
- explode
- land
- …
- attack
- fire
- bomb
- …
- to come under mortar fire/attack
- enlarge image[countable] a small hard bowl in which you can crush substances such as seeds and grains to make them into powder with a special object (called a pestle)
研钵；臼
词源noun sense 1 Middle English: from Old French mortier, from Latin mortarium, probably a transferred sense of the word denoting a container. noun senses 2 to 3 late Old English (in sense (3)), from Old French mortier, from Latin mortarium (to which the English spelling was later assimilated).