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a cannon
The army captured a cannon.
军队缴获了一门大炮。
大炮；火炮
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
大炮；火炮
a large heavy gun that fires shells, especially one mounted on wheels or on a tank
The army captured a cannon.
军队缴获了一门大炮。
由炮管、炮尾机构、击发机构或底座组成的完整装置,为火炮、榴弹炮或迫击炮的部件,可能包含炮口附件。
A complete assembly, consisting of an artillery tube and a breech mechanism, firing mechanism or base cap, which is a component of a gun, howitzer or mortar, which may include muzzle appendages.
大型火炮,通常有轮子
a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels
任何类似的从管中射出物料的装置。
Any similar device for shooting material out of a tube.
坦克上发射的重型火炮
heavy gun fired from a tank
The museum displayed a cannon from the 18th century.
博物馆展示了一门18世纪的大炮。
The tank's cannon fired with a loud roar.
坦克的大炮发出巨大的轰鸣声发射了。
Medieval knights wore armor that included a cannon to protect their arms.
中世纪的骑士穿着包括臂铠在内的盔甲以保护手臂。
The army captured a cannon.
军队缴获了一门大炮。
The cannon was positioned on the hill.
大炮被安置在山上。
They fired all the cannons at once.
他们同时发射了所有大炮。
Not this
He studies the literary cannon of Western civilization.
Use this
He studies the literary canon of Western civilization.
混淆了"cannon"与"canon"。"Cannon"指大炮，"canon"指规范、经典作品或标准。这里指文学作品，应使用"canon"。
Not this
The museum has two old cannon.
Use this
The museum has two old cannons.
"Cannon"是可数名词，其复数形式为"cannons"，而非保持原形。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
发射大炮
The soldiers fired the cannon at the enemy fortress.
士兵们向敌人堡垒发射了大炮。
炮弹
The cannon ball smashed through the wall.
炮弹击穿了墙壁。
炮火
The city was under heavy cannon fire.
该城市遭受了密集的炮火攻击。
礼炮
A 21-cannon salute marked the president's arrival.
21响礼炮标志着总统的到达。
炮击
The cannon shot echoed across the valley.
炮击声在山谷中回荡。
炮轰
The cannon blast shook the ground.
炮轰震动了地面。
炮灰，战争中的牺牲品
The inexperienced soldiers were treated as cannon fodder.
这些缺乏经验的士兵被当作炮灰。
难以控制的人或事物；不稳定因素
He's a loose cannon who might say anything at the press conference.
他是个无法控制的人，在新闻发布会上可能会乱说话。
发射加农炮！
In 'Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl', Captain Barbossa commands his crew to fire the cannons.
在《加勒比海盗：黑珍珠号的诅咒》中，巴博萨船长命令其船员发射加农炮。
仿佛它们是99门大炮
In the song '99 Red Balloons' by Nena, the line 'as if they were 99 cannons' compares the balloons to cannons.
在Nena的歌曲《99个红色气球》中，歌词'仿佛它们是99门大炮'将气球比作大炮。
Use cannon naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
cannon（加农炮），‘加农’是cannon的音译，记住拼写c-a-n-n-o-n，双n像两个炮管。
通常用于军事、战争或历史语境，语域偏正式，多指大型火炮或坦克炮。
Of these, only 'canon' shares the exact same pronunciation as 'cannon' (/kænən/). 'Salmon' and 'canyon' have the same stressed vowel /æ/ but differ in the following consonant(s); 'common', 'lemon', and 'demon' share only the unstressed /ən/ ending, with different stressed vowels. Note the spelling similarity of 'canyon' and 'cannon', but they are not perfect rhymes.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.