名詞 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
   同義詞：shank
6. a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other
   同義詞：carom

動(dòng)詞 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.
   警察對(duì)暴徒使用了高壓水炮，因而很快就使他們就范。
2. The cannon shot the town to pieces.
   大炮的射擊毀了這座城市。
3. Being destitute of cannon, they mounted Quaker guns in the fort.
   因?yàn)闆](méi)有大炮，他們只得在城堡上裝設(shè)假炮。
4. The destroyer's armament consist of several small cannon, two torpedo tube and a number of anti-craft gun.
   驅(qū)逐艦上的武器裝備包括幾門(mén)小口徑大炮，兩個(gè)魚(yú)雷發(fā)射管與數(shù)門(mén)高射炮。

can.non

n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 cannon 或 can.nons 縮寫(xiě) can.
A large, mounted weapon that fires heavy projectiles. Cannon include guns, howitzers, and mortars.
大炮：一種發(fā)射重型拋射物的大型有支架武器。包括火炮、熘彈炮和迫擊炮
The loop at the top of a bell by which it is hung.
鐘環(huán)：用于掛鐘的鐘頂鐵環(huán)
A round bit for a horse.
馬的環(huán)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.
【動(dòng)物學(xué)】 炮骨，管骨：某些有蹄哺乳動(dòng)物小腿的部分，位于跗關(guān)節(jié)或膝關(guān)節(jié)與球關(guān)節(jié)之間，含有炮骨
Chiefly British A carom made in billiards.
【多用于英國(guó)】 桌球中的連中兩球的一擊
v.（動(dòng)詞）
can.noned,can.non.ing,can.nons
v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
To bombard with cannon.
炮轟：用炮來(lái)轟擊
Chiefly British To cause to carom in billiards.
【多用于英國(guó)】 使桌球中連中兩球
v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
To fire cannon.
開(kāi)炮
Chiefly British To make a carom in billiards.
【多用于英國(guó)】 桌球中連中兩球

來(lái)源：
Middle English canon
中古英語(yǔ) canon
from Old French
源自 古法語(yǔ)
from Old Italian cannone [augmentative of] canna [tube]
源自 古意大利語(yǔ) cannone [] canna的增義成分 [管子]
from Latin [reed] * see cane
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) [蘆葦] *參見(jiàn) cane