artillery

英 [ɑːˈtɪləri]

美 [ɑːrˈtɪləri]

n. (统称)火炮; 炮兵部队

复数：artilleries　

Collins.2 / BNC.7223 / COCA.6538

牛津词典

noun

（统称）火炮
large, heavy guns which are often moved on wheels
1. The town is under heavy artillery fire.
  该市镇处于密集的炮火之下。
炮兵部队
the section of an army trained to use these guns

N-UNCOUNT 火炮；大炮
Artilleryconsists of large, powerful guns which are transported on wheels and used by an army.
1. Using tanks and heavy artillery, they seized the town.
  他们倚仗坦克和重型火炮占领了这个镇。
2. ...the sound of artillery fire.
  炮火声
N-SING-COLL 炮兵（部队）
The artilleryis the section of an army which is trained to use large, powerful guns.
1. At some stage he left the Artillery to command a radar unit.
  有段时间他离开了炮兵部队去指挥一支雷达小分队。

noun

large but transportable armament
Synonym:heavy weapongunordnance
a means of persuading or arguing
1. he used all his conversational weapons
Synonym:weapon
an army unit that uses big guns
Synonym:artillery unit

Alas, I fear the artillery must lag behind, but not I trust for long.
唉！我担心炮兵一定要落后，但是我相信他们不会落后得太久。
Rebel artillery units have regularly bombarded the airport
叛军的炮兵部队经常轰炸机场。
Enemy forces lobbed a series of artillery shells onto the city
敌军对该城发起连串炮轰。
Kabul resounded to the crack of Kalashnikov fire and a flood of artillery.
卡拉什尼科夫冲锋枪的声音和连续不断的大炮声在喀布尔回荡。
The artillery barrage on the city centre was the heaviest since the ceasefire
针对市中心的炮火是停战以来最猛烈的。
The hospital had been hit with heavy artillery fire.
医院被重炮击中。
They blitzed the capital with tanks, artillery, anti-aircraft weapons and machine guns.
他们动用坦克、大炮、防空武器和机关枪奇袭了首都。
The artillery has more firepower than the infantry.
炮兵火力比步兵大。
Now we have an air force of our own, and anti-aircraft guns, artillery and tanks too.
现在空军也有了，高射炮、大炮、坦克都有了。
They were asked to pull back from their artillery positions around the city
他们被要求从城市周围的炮兵阵地上撤出。