mortar

名词 mortar:

1. a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range
   同义词：howitzer, trench mortar
2. used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall
3. a bowl-shaped vessel in which substances can be ground and mixed with a pestle

动词 mortar:

1. plaster with mortar

1. The brick-layer at the top of the scaffold is calling for more mortar.
   脚手架顶上的砌砖工人喊着要人再送些灰浆上去。
2. Any of various combined substances, such as mortar or plaster, formed by mixing ingredients.
   水泥沙浆任一种用各种原料混合出的混杂物质，如沙浆和灰泥
3. Put your money into bricks and mortar.
   用你的钱去买房子吧。
4. The army was fired by mortars.
   军队被迫击炮攻击。

mor.tar

n.（名词）
A vessel in which substances are crushed or ground with a pestle.
小臼：一种容器，在里面物质被挤压或用一杵碾磨
A machine in which materials are ground and blended or crushed.
臼研机：一种机器，在里面物质被碾磨、混和或挤压

A portable, muzzleloading cannon used to fire shells at low velocities, short ranges, and high trajectories.Also called trench mortar
迫击炮：-种可移动的、前装式的大炮，用来发射较低速度、近程和高弧形行程的炮弹也作 trench mortar
Any of several similar devices, such as one that shoots life lines across a stretch of water.
发射器：任一类似的装置，例如一种用来通过一水道射击出一救生索的装置
Any of various bonding materials used in masonry, surfacing, and plastering, especially a plastic mixture of cement or lime, sand, and water that hardens in place and is used to bind together bricks or stones.
灰浆：任何一种用于石造物、表面和涂盖的粘合物质，尤指用水泥、石灰、沙和水的塑料混合物来硬化涂抹处，被用于粘合砖或石头
v.tr.（及物动词）
mor.tared,mor.tar.ing,mor.tars
To bombard with mortar shells.
用砂浆砌合
To plaster or join with mortar.
用胶泥涂盖或连接

来源：
Middle English morter
中古英语 morter
from Old English mortere
源自 古英语 mortere
and from Old French mortier
并源自 古法语 mortier
both from Latin mort3rium * see mer-
都源自 拉丁语 mort3rium *参见 mer-