cordite的词源

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.

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。

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