Quaker gun
名词 n.
英 /ˌkweɪkə ˈɡʌn/
美 /ˌkweɪkəɹ ˈɡʌn/
英文释义
名词 n.
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A nonfunctional imitation of a gun or an artillery piece, typically made of wood and usually intended to deceive enemy forces into overestimating one's available firepower.
— Nor was he content with thus strongly garrisoning the fort, but he likewise added exceedingly to its strength by furnishing it with a formidable battery of quaker guns—rearing a stupendous flag-staff in the centre which overtopped the whole city—and moreover by building a great windmill on one of the bastions.
词形变化
词源
From Quaker + gun, referring to the pacifism associated with practitioners of the Quaker religion.
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