ordnance

ordnance

英 ['ɔːdnəns]
　　美 ['ɔrdnəns]

n. 軍火；大炮；軍械署

中文詞源：

ordnance 大炮，軍需物資

來自ordinance的拼寫截短形式。詞義由命令引申為軍事安排，排兵佈陣，軍事物資供給，後用於指武器，軍械，大炮等。詞義演變比較munition,artillery.

例句：

1. An Ordnance Survey grid reference gives the position of a place to within 100 metres.
全國地形測量局的地圖坐標標示某地的位置精確到100米以內.

2. She worked in an ordnance factory during the war.
戰爭期間她在一傢兵工廠工作.

3. Shoes and clothing for the army were scarce, ordnance supplies and drugs were scarcer.
軍隊很缺鞋和衣服, 武器供應和藥品就更少瞭.

4. With cargo projectile by the world , serious problem of unexploded ordnance arisen.
子母彈藥的應用與發展帶來瞭嚴重的未爆彈藥問題.

5. All non - EOD explosive ordnance disposal personnel must evacuate immediately.
所有 非 排彈人員立刻撤離.