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petard    音标拼音: [p'ɛtɚd] [pət'ɑd]
n. 炸药的一种,花火,爆竹

炸药的一种,花火,爆竹

petard
n 1: an explosive device used to break down a gate or wall

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  • Hoist with his own petard - Wikipedia
    Hoist with his own petard A petard from a 17th-century manuscript of military designs " Hoist with his own petard " is a phrase from William Shakespeare 's play Hamlet that has entered proverbial use in English Literally, the phrase means a bomb-maker was blown off the ground (hoist) by his own bomb (petard)
  • The Curious Meaning of the Phrase ‘Hoist with One’s Own Petard’
    This is what a ‘petard’ is: a bomb The word ‘hoist’ sometimes causes people problems, and they come away with the erroneous impression that ‘hoist with one’s own petard’ suggests getting tied up in one’s own rope (because of the more common meaning of the word ‘hoist’, e g hoisting a flag up a flagpole)
  • PETARD Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
    The meaning of PETARD is a case containing an explosive to break down a door or gate or breach a wall Where does the phrase <span class='mwtparahw'>hoist with one's
  • What “hoist with your own petard” originally meant
    A petard was a small explosive device used to blow open a gate, wall, or door In early use, to be hoist with your own petard meant being blown upward by your own bomb
  • Hoisted by Ones Own Petard (Origin) - Grammar Monster
    The term hoisted by one's own petard means to fall foul of your own deceit or fall into your own trap This term has its origin in medieval times when a military commander would send forward one of his engineers with a cast-iron container full of gunpowder, called a petard, to blow up a castle gate, obstacle, or bridge
  • Hoist With Your Own Petard - Meaning Origin Of The Phrase
    What’s the origin of the phrase ‘Hoist by your own petard’? The phrase ‘hoist with one’s own petard’ is often cited as ‘hoist by one’s own petard’ In the USA, ‘hoisted’ is preferred so the alternative forms there are ‘hoisted with one’s own petard’ is often cited as ‘hoisted by one’s own petard’ All the variants mean the same thing, although the ‘with
  • What’s a petard, as in “hoist by his own - The Straight Dope
    The key word is “mines,” as in “land mines,” for that’s what a petard is (or “petar,” as Shakespeare puts it — people couldn’t spell any better then than now) A small explosive device designed to blow open barricaded doors and gates, the petard was a favorite weapon in Elizabethan times
  • Historical Firearms - Devastating… it wasn’t a shell which explodes and. . .
    An AVRE’s petard mortar with 290mm bomb (source) The AVRE was based on the Churchill tank but instead of a main gun like a 75mm or a 6pdr it has a 290mm petard spigot mortar, similar to that of the PIAT, which fired a large petard bomb, often nicknamed a ‘flying dustbin’ by troops because of its shape
  • Petard - definition of petard by The Free Dictionary
    Define petard petard synonyms, petard pronunciation, petard translation, English dictionary definition of petard n 1 A small bell-shaped bomb used to breach a gate or wall 2 A loud firecracker Idiom: be hoist with one's own petard To be undone by one's own
  • PETARD definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
    3 meanings: 1 (formerly) a device containing explosives used to breach a wall, doors, etc 2 → See hoist with one's own petard Click for more definitions





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