a short smooth-bore gun for firing shells (technically called bombs) at high angles 迫击炮 ■a similar device used for firing a lifeline or firework (烟花或救生索的)发射器
a cup-shaped receptacle made of hard material, in which ingredients are crushed or ground, used especially in cooking or pharmacy 臼,研钵 a pestle and mortar. 一套杵和臼。
verb
[with obj.]attack or bombard with shells fired from a morta 用迫击炮轰击
语源
late Old English (in sense 2), from Old French mortier, from Latin mortarium (to which the English spelling was later assimilated)
mortar2 noun
[mass noun]a mixture of lime with cement, sand, and water, used in building to bond bricks or stones (砌砖时用)砂浆,灰浆
verb
[with obj.]fix or join using mortar 用砂浆砌合,修补 the pipe can be mortared in place. 这管子可以砌上砂浆加以固定。
派生 mortarless adjective mortary adjective 语源
Middle English: from Old French mortier, from Latin mortarium, probably a transferred sense of the word denoting a container (see mortar)