cannon

名词 cannon:

1. a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels
2. heavy gun fired from a tank
3. (Middle Ages) a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm
4. heavy automatic gun fired from an airplane
5. lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals
   同义词：shank
6. a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other
   同义词：carom

动词 cannon:

1. make a cannon
2. fire a cannon

1. The police used a water cannon on the rioters and soon brought them to heel.
   警察对暴徒使用了高压水炮，因而很快就使他们就范。
2. The cannon shot the town to pieces.
   大炮的射击毁了这座城市。
3. Being destitute of cannon, they mounted Quaker guns in the fort.
   因为没有大炮，他们只得在城堡上装设假炮。
4. The destroyer's armament consist of several small cannon, two torpedo tube and a number of anti-craft gun.
   驱逐舰上的武器装备包括几门小口径大炮，两个鱼雷发射管与数门高射炮。

can.non

n.（名词）
【复数】 cannon 或 can.nons 缩写 can.
A large, mounted weapon that fires heavy projectiles. Cannon include guns, howitzers, and mortars.
大炮：一种发射重型抛射物的大型有支架武器。包括火炮、熘弹炮和迫击炮
The loop at the top of a bell by which it is hung.
钟环：用于挂钟的钟顶铁环
A round bit for a horse.
马的环形嚼子
Zoology The section of the lower leg in some hoofed mammals between the hock or knee and the fetlock, containing the cannon bone.
【动物学】 炮骨，管骨：某些有蹄哺乳动物小腿的部分，位于跗关节或膝关节与球关节之间，含有炮骨
Chiefly British A carom made in billiards.
【多用于英国】 桌球中的连中两球的一击
v.（动词）
can.noned,can.non.ing,can.nons
v.tr.（及物动词）
To bombard with cannon.
炮轰：用炮来轰击
Chiefly British To cause to carom in billiards.
【多用于英国】 使桌球中连中两球
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To fire cannon.
开炮
Chiefly British To make a carom in billiards.
【多用于英国】 桌球中连中两球

来源：
Middle English canon
中古英语 canon
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Old Italian cannone [augmentative of] canna [tube]
源自 古意大利语 cannone [] canna的增义成分 [管子]
from Latin [reed] * see cane
源自 拉丁语 [芦苇] *参见 cane