fusillade

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fu·sil·lade /ˌfjuːzəˈleɪd $ -sə-/ noun [countableC usually singular]

1 CPMWa quick series of shots fired from a gun, or a quick series of other objects that are thrown 〔枪炮的〕连发；〔某物的〕连续投掷

fusillade of

a fusillade of bullets

子弹的连发

2. TALK TO somebodya quick series of questions or remarks 连珠炮似的问题；一连串的话

Examples from the Corpus

fusillade• She aligned the sights of her rifle and loosed a fusillade of bolts that split the rocks apart.• Desktop publishing was only the opening salvo of a fusillade of developments that would change the way people worked.• At the beginning of the Secretary of State for the Environment's speech there was a fusillade of Government interventions.• Windows were blasted inwards by the fusillade.

fusillade of• Ms. Hills ran into a fusillade of hostile questions at Tuesday's committee meeting.• The first officers who burst into the house were met with a fusillade of bullets.

Origin fusillade

(1800-1900) French fusiller “to shoot”, from Late Latin focus “fire”

fu·sil·lade noun

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