An explosive projectile designed to burst in the air and light up an enemy's position.
照明弹
Example sentencesExamples
The 81 mm was tested in the Caribbean and found to be much more effective in this role than the 3-inch gun firing star shells and could be fired at a higher rate.
The Allied ships fired star shells in an attempt to counterattack, but they had been fired at from extremely close range with no warning.
By 5.22 pm Scharnhorst was surrounded and illuminated by star shells as heavy guns and torpedoes pounded into her, setting her ablaze end to end.
This time the British had a greater technical advantage, using star shells to illuminate the oncoming masses, who were shot down in great numbers.
The lightships would fire at regular intervals a star shell timed to explode at 6440 feet.
Definition of star shell in US English:
star shell
nounˈstär ˌSHel
An explosive projectile designed to burst in the air and light up an enemy's position.
照明弹
Example sentencesExamples
This time the British had a greater technical advantage, using star shells to illuminate the oncoming masses, who were shot down in great numbers.
The 81 mm was tested in the Caribbean and found to be much more effective in this role than the 3-inch gun firing star shells and could be fired at a higher rate.
The Allied ships fired star shells in an attempt to counterattack, but they had been fired at from extremely close range with no warning.
The lightships would fire at regular intervals a star shell timed to explode at 6440 feet.
By 5.22 pm Scharnhorst was surrounded and illuminated by star shells as heavy guns and torpedoes pounded into her, setting her ablaze end to end.