cordite
英 ['kɔːdaɪt]
美['kɔrdaɪt]
- n. 线状无烟火药
英英释义
- 1. explosive powder (nitroglycerin and guncotton and petrolatum) dissolved in acetone and dried and extruded in brown cords
中文词源
cordite 无烟线状火药
来自cord, 绳，线。因其线性形状而得名。
英文词源
- cordite (n.)
- smokeless explosive, 1889, from cord + -ite (2); so called for its "curiously string-like appearance" in the words of a newspaper of the day.