flaming onion

English

From its appearance after exploding.

flaming onion (plural flaming onions)

(military, slang, historical) A 37 mm Hotchkiss revolving-barrel anti-aircraft gun used by the German army at the beginning of World War I.
(military, slang, historical) The flare or tracer ammunition fired by this weapon.
- 1985, Robert Harrison, Aviation Lore in Faulkner (page 116)
  Allied pilots feared and loathed these, because a hit from a flaming onion instantly turned an aeroplane into an inferno.

单词	flaming onion
释义	flaming onion English Etymology From its appearance after exploding. Noun flaming onion (plural flaming onions) (military, slang, historical) A 37 mm Hotchkiss revolving-barrel anti-aircraft gun used by the German army at the beginning of World War I. (military, slang, historical) The flare or tracer ammunition fired by this weapon. 1985, Robert Harrison, Aviation Lore in Faulkner (page 116) Allied pilots feared and loathed these, because a hit from a flaming onion instantly turned an aeroplane into an inferno.
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