ammunition

英 [ˌæmju'nɪʃn] 美 [ˌæmju'nɪʃn]

• n. 军火；弹药；炮弹

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U]弹药,军火

   supply of bullets, bombs, grenades, etc. fired from weapons or thrown

英英释义

Noun:

1. projectiles to be fired from a gun

2. any nuclear or chemical or biological material that can be used as a weapon of mass destruction

3. information that can be used to attack or defend a claim or argument or viewpoint;

   "his admission provided ammunition for his critics"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. There was no ammunition laid up in the storehouses.
   仓库里没有贮存军火。
2. We were desperately short of ammunition.
   我们非常缺乏弹药。
3. The soldiers expended all their ammunition in that fight.
   士兵在那场战斗中用尽了所有的弹药。
4. They went on firing until they had spent all their ammunition.
   他们不停地射击，耗尽了所有的弹药。
5. The soldiers were well equipped with weapons and ammunition.
   士兵们装备好了武器和弹药。
6. The recent scandal has provided the government's opponents with plenty of ammunition.
   最近的丑闻给政府的反对派提供了大量的炮弹。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. When the soldiers had used up all their ammunition, they went on fighting with their swords.
   当战士们弹药用完时,他们继续用刺刀作战。
2. This letter gave her all the ammunition she needed.
   这封信给她提供了她所需要的一切论据。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• issue ammunition 发弹药
• transport ammunition 运送弹药
• use up ammunition 用尽弹药

形容词+～

• fresh ammunition 新炮弹
• perfect ammunition 绝好的炮弹

～+介词

• ammunition for guns 枪炮里的弹药

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. ammunition的基本意思是“弹药,军火”,指从武器中发射出的弹头、弹壳或导弹等,引申可指用来攻击别人或为自己辩护的材料、依据等。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

ammunition, munition

• 这两个词都可作“弹药,军火”解。其区别在于:
• 1.ammunition指从武器中射出的任何东西,如弹头、弹壳或导弹等,并包含气枪中射出的弹丸或地雷、炸弹、手榴弹及其引爆的药物等; 而munition指兵工厂生产的军火,除弹药以外,还包括一切军事装备。
• 2.ammunition还可用于比喻指用于争论中的事实或论据; 而munition则不能。

近反义词

【近义词】

• powder 粉末
• shot 注射
• bullets 弹药
• bombs 动词bomb的第三人称单...
• shells 贝壳
• firearms 火器
• ammo 弹药