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petard    音标拼音: [p'ɛtɚd] [pət'ɑd]
n. 炸药的一种,花火,爆竹

炸药的一种,花火,爆竹

petard
n 1: an explosive device used to break down a gate or wall

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  • PETARD Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
    Aside from historical references to siege warfare, and occasional contemporary references to fireworks, petard is almost always encountered in variations of the phrase "hoist with one's own petard," meaning "victimized or hurt by one's own scheme "
  • The Curious Meaning of the Phrase ‘Hoist with One’s Own Petard’
    The OED offers several different senses of this word in its entry for ‘petard’, but the earliest and chief meaning is: ‘A small bomb made of a metal or wooden box filled with powder, used to blow in a door, gate, etc , or to make a hole in a wall ’
  • Petard - Wikipedia
    A petard is a small bomb used for blowing up gates and walls when breaching fortifications, originally invented in France in 1579 [1] A typical petard was a conical or rectangular metal device containing 2–3 kilograms (4–7 lb) of gunpowder, with a slow match for a fuse
  • Hoisted by Ones Own Petard (Origin) - Grammar Monster
    This term has its origin in medieval times when a military commander would send forward one of his engineers with a cast-iron container full of gunpowder, called a petard, to blow up a castle gate, obstacle, or bridge
  • Hoist With Your Own Petard - Meaning Origin Of The Phrase
    A petard is, or rather was, as they have long since fallen out of use, a small engine of war used to blow breaches in gates or walls They were originally metallic and bell-shaped but later cubical wooden boxes
  • Petard - definition of petard by The Free Dictionary
    Hoist is the past participle of hoise, an earlier form of the verb hoist, "to be lifted up," while a petar or petard is a small bomb used in early modern warfare The phrase "hoist with his own petard" therefore means "to be blown up with his own bomb "
  • What’s a petard, as in “hoist by his own - The Straight Dope
    The key word is “mines,” as in “land mines,” for that’s what a petard is (or “petar,” as Shakespeare puts it — people couldn’t spell any better then than now) A small explosive device designed to blow open barricaded doors and gates, the petard was a favorite weapon in Elizabethan times
  • PETARD Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
    PETARD definition: an explosive device formerly used in warfare to blow in a door or gate, form a breach in a wall, etc See examples of petard used in a sentence
  • Hoisted By His Own Petard, Meaning Context Of Phrase ️
    So, let’s break the phrase down to understand its true meaning: In medieval times, a petard was a bomb that invaders used to breach walls and blow doors in To hoist suggests pulling something up, but the word also used to have another meaning, around removing or taking out
  • PETARD definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
    3 meanings: 1 (formerly) a device containing explosives used to breach a wall, doors, etc 2 → See hoist with one's own petard Click for more definitions





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