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gunnery

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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gun·ner·y /ˈɡʌnəri/ noun [uncountable]  PMWthe skill of shooting with large heavy guns 火炮射击术,火炮操作 a gunnery officer 火炮射击军官
Examples from the Corpus
gunneryThat the building was a gunnery school is beyond doubt.Was it a certain gunnery officer's intention to clear his field of view in Draconian style?Training is given in military skills, leadership, engineering, gunnery, driving and communications.Work started on the former gunnery school in April 1991.Nuln Nuln is famous for its gunnery school where forge masters make cannons and where the best artillery men are trained.His method of explaining the idea starts with simple gunnery, but we will consider golf instead.
gun·ner·y nounChineseSyllable
with guns shooting skill Corpus of heavy large the


gunnery
gunnery /ˈɡʌnəri/ noun [uncountable]
the skill of shooting with large heavy guns:
    a gunnery officer


gun·neryBrE /ˈɡʌnəri/ 🔊NAmE /ˈɡʌnəri/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (specialist) the operation of large military guns 重炮射击;枪炮操作