shrapnel

Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von shrapnel im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch

Dedemin göğsünde bir şarapnel parçası var. - My grandfather has a piece of shrapnel in his chest.

(Askeri) ŞARAPNEL: Dipteki bir barut hakkı ile etrafa saçılan küçük kurşun misketleri havai ve irtihakı ile ateşlenen topçu mermisi. Bunlar artık kullanılmamaktadır

{i} bomba parçası

i., ask. şarapnel

loose change

bozuk para

Bozuk paramı genellikle masamın çekmecesine atarım. - I usually toss my loose change into my desk drawer.

Öğrencilerimizin deprem kurbanlarının refahına katkıda bulunmaları için bize izin verin; cebimizdeki bozuk paralar bile bir yere kadar yeterli olacaktır. - Let us students contribute to the welfare of the victims of the earthquake; even loose change will go a long way.

loose change

madeni paralar

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von shrapnel im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: loose change; a collective term for shot, fragments, or debris thrown out by an exploding shell or landmine; An artillery shell filled with steel balls, pellets and powder, designed to explode in the air, releasing pellets over enemy targets; Frequently called spherical-case shot, this was an iron shell containing a number of canister-sized balls with a black-powder bursting charge and a powder-train time fuze It was fired and exploded in the same manner as a conventional shell but when detonated scattered its small shot as well as the iron fragments of the shell itself This ammunition was used by the British as early as 1808, but was not given its inventor's name until the 1850s Shrapnel rounds were used in modern steel breechloading artillery well into the 20th century; A collective term for fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding shell or landmine; shell splinters; also, shell timed to explode over, and shower bullets and splinters on, personnel; shell containing lead pellets that explodes in flight; Money, especially coinage; Applied as an appellation to a kind of shell invented by Gen; Shrapnel consists of small pieces of metal which are scattered from exploding bombs and shells. He was hit by shrapnel from a grenade. small pieces of metal from a bomb, bullet etc that are scattered when it explodes (Henry Shrapnel (1761-1842), British army officer who invented such bombs). Originally, a type of projectile invented by the British artillery officer Henry Shrapnel (1761-1842), containing small spherical bullets and an explosive charge to scatter the shot and fragments of the shell casing. A time fuse set off the explosive charge late in the shell's flight, when it was near opposing troops. The resulting hail of high-velocity debris was often lethal; it caused most of the artillery-inflicted wounds in World War I. In World War II a high-explosive bursting charge that fragmented the shell's iron casing made shrapnel balls unnecessary; the term shrapnel came to be used for the shell-casing fragments; Shrapnel of the British army; Low value coins Modern ex-military slang?; pieces scattered by the bursting of a shell; A shrapnel shell; shrapnel shells, collectively; {i} small metal fragments dispersed by the explosion of a bomb or missile; frag

shrapnel

Silbentrennung

shrap·nel

Türkische aussprache

şräpnıl

Aussprache

/ˈsʜrapnəl/ /ˈʃræpnəl/

Etymologie

[ 'shrap-n&l, ] (noun.) 1806. From Henry Shrapnel, British army officer who invented an anti-personnel shell that transported a large number of bullets to the target before releasing them, at a far greater distance than rifles could fire the bullets individually.