giàn pháo
Definition
- Noun:
- Artillery battery: A fixed or mobile unit of several artillery pieces (cannons, howitzers, rockets) grouped together to coordinate fire on a target.
- Battery emplacement / Gun platform: The physical structure, platform, or fortified position on which artillery pieces are mounted and operated.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Quân đội đã thiết lập một giàn pháo trên đồi. (The army set up an artillery battery on the hill.)
- Giàn pháo của địch đã bị vô hiệu hóa. (The enemy's battery emplacement was neutralized.)
- Họ di chuyển giàn pháo ra vị trí mới. (They moved the artillery battery to a new position.)
Advanced Usage
- The term can be used metaphorically to describe any dense array or battery of similar objects, though this is less common.
- Một giàn pháo camera đã được dựng lên cho sự kiện. (A whole battery of cameras was set up for the event.)
Variants and Related Words
- Pháo đài (n): fortress, fort (a large fortified structure, which may contain ).
- Khẩu đội pháo (n): gun crew; a single artillery piece and its crew (a component of a larger ).
- Hỏa lực (n): firepower (the destructive capacity of weapons like a ).
Synonyms
- Artillery battery
- Gun battery
- Battery emplacement
Related Idioms
- Trận địa pháo: artillery position or field. This refers to the broader prepared area for artillery, which includes one or more .
- Trận địa pháo được ngụy trang kỹ lưỡng. (The artillery position was carefully camouflaged.)