grapeshot
英 ['greɪpʃɒt]
- n. 葡萄弹；霰弹
中文词源
grapeshot 大炮射出的葡萄弹
因弹子形如葡萄而得名。
英英释意
- 1. a cluster of small projectiles fired together from a cannon to produce a hail of shot
英文词源
- grapeshot (n.)
- also grape-shot, 1747, from grape + shot (n.). So called for its appearance. Originally simply grape (1680s), a collective singular. The whiff of grapeshot was popularized in English from 1837, from Carlyle's history of the French Revolution (in which it was a chapter title).