A furious cannonade roared… till daybreak. Hell seemed broke loose. 猛烈的炮火怒吼着……直到黎明,真是一片鬼哭狼嚎。
cannonade
[ noun ]
intense and continuous artillery fire
<noun.act> [ verb ]
attack with cannons or artillery
<verb.competition>
Cannonade \Can`non*ade"\, n. [F. Canonnade; cf. It. cannanata.] 1. The act of discharging cannon and throwing ball, shell, etc., for the purpose of destroying an army, or battering a town, ship, or fort; -- usually, an attack of some continuance.
A furious cannonade was kept up from the whole circle of batteries on the devoted towm. --Prescott.
2. Fig.; A loud noise like a cannonade; a booming.
Blue Walden rolls its cannonade. --Ewerson.
Cannonade \Can`non*ade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cannonade}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cannonading}.] To attack with heavy artillery; to batter with cannon shot.
Cannonade \Can`non*ade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cannonade}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cannonading}.] To attack with heavy artillery; to batter with cannon shot.
Cannonade \Can`non*ade"\, v. i. To discharge cannon; as, the army cannonaded all day.