Word · Frequency #34250
limber
前车；(牵引火炮的)两轮车
A two-wheeled vehicle that can be attached to a wheeled artillery piece to pull it.
- 1.
A two-wheeled vehicle to which a wheeled artillery piece may be attached for transport. (Some versions have built-in storage bins for ammunition. Either the limber itself or the ammunition box may also be called a caisson.)
一种两轮车辆,用于牵引轮式火炮；其本身或弹药箱也可称为弹药车。
- 2.
The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage.
马车或四轮马车的车辕。
- 3.
Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to allow water to pass to the pump well.
内龙骨两侧的排水沟或管道,使水能流入泵井。
车辕；船底疏水沟；舭水沟；一种两轮车辆,用于牵引轮式火炮；其本身或弹药箱也可称为弹药车。；马车或四轮马车的车辕。；内龙骨两侧的排水沟或管道,使水能流入泵井。
In use
The soldiers attached the limber to the cannon before moving out.
A broken limber delayed the artillery unit's advance.
The horse-drawn limber carried ammunition along with the gun.
pull a limber
limber指牵引火炮或弹药车的两轮马车。
The horses pulled the limber across the field.
马匹拉着弹药车穿过田野。
attach the limber to sth
The crew attached the limber to the field gun.
炮组将弹药车挂到野战炮上。
Common mistakes
She is a limber.She is limber.
错误在于把形容词'limber'当作名词使用。'limber'作为形容词表示'柔软的'，不能用作可数名词指人。正确用法是直接作表语。
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