counterfire

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The firing of weapons in response. uncountable
    — The Nationalist Defense Ministry claimed Communist guns on the mainland coast were silenced by effective counterfire. By Nationalist count, the Reds fired 444 shells, of which 162 hit Matsu Island, 112 Peikantang Island and 170 landed in the sea.
  2. A smaller fire lit at some distance from a wildfire, in order to develop a firebreak. countable
动词 v.
  1. To light a smaller fire at some distance from a wildfire, in order to develop a firebreak. intransitive

词形变化

counterfires plural counterfires present,singular,third-person counterfiring participle,present counterfired participle,past counterfired past

词源

词源 1
From counter- + fire.
词源 2
From counter- + fire.
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