mortar

• n. 迫击炮；臼，研钵；灰浆
• vt. 用灰泥涂抹，用灰泥结合

来自拉丁语mortarium,研钵，捣药罐，搅拌碗，词源不详。可能来自PIE*mer,捣碎，伤害，来自PIE*smi,砍，劈，词源同smith.后引申词义捣灰池，灰泥，砂浆等。

mortar

mortar: [13] Latin mortārium, a word of unknown origin, denoted both a ‘bowl for grinding’ and, by extension, the ‘substance made in such a bowl’. These twin meanings survived through Anglo-Norman morter into modern English mortar as the ‘bowl used with a pestle’ and a ‘building mixture of cement, sand, and water’. The shape of the former led in the 17th century to the word’s application to a ‘short cannon’. The use of mortarboard for a ‘square flat academic cap’ dates from the mid-19th century.

mortar (n.1)

"mixture of cement," late 13c., from Old French mortier "builder's mortar, plaster; bowl for mixing" (13c.), from Latin mortarium "mortar," also "crushed drugs," probably the same word as mortarium "bowl for mixing or pounding" (see mortar (n.2)). Dutch mortel, German Mörtel are from Latin or French.

mortar (n.2)

"bowl for pounding," c. 1300, from Old French mortier "bowl; builder's mortar," from Latin mortarium "bowl for mixing or pounding," also "material prepared in it," of unknown origin and impossible now to determine which sense was original (Watkins says probably from PIE root *mer- "to rub away, harm;" see morbid). Late Old English had mortere, from the same Latin source, which might also be a source of the modern word. German Mörser also is from Latin.

mortar (n.3)

"short cannon" fired at a high angle and meant to secure a vertical fall of the projectile, 1550s, originally mortar-piece, from Middle French mortier "short cannon," in Old French, "bowl for mixing or pounding" (see mortar (n.2)). So called for its shape.

1. Three mortar shells had landed close to a crowd of people.

3枚迫击炮弹落在人群旁。

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2. As an investment, bricks and mortar are not what they were.

作为一种投资，房产不再是从前意义上的房产。

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3. The 120mm mortar has a range of 18,000 yards.

口径为120毫米的迫击炮的射程是1.8万码。

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4. Using a pestle and mortar, pulverise the bran to a coarse powder.

用杵和臼，将麸皮磨成粗粉。

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5. We now need funding to turn the plans into bricks and mortar.

我们现在需要资金将这些计划变为实实在在的大楼.

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