解释
- n. （法）老式机枪
※ 提供单词"mitrailleuse"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。
英文词源
- mitrailleuse (n.)
- kind of machine gun, from French mitrailleuse (19c.), from Old French mitaille (14c.) "small coins," hence "old iron, scrap iron," then "grapeshot;" originally a diminutive of mite "a small coin" (see mite (n.2)). "For sense development it should be borne in mind that orig. guns used to be loaded with scrap iron" [Klein].