pào
yǎn

technical
noun

Meaning of 炮眼

炮眼 means gun port; embrasure; firing opening in a fortification; blast hole; borehole drilled in rock for placing explosives. Pronounced pào yǎn.

  • gun port; embrasure; firing opening in a fortification
  • blast hole; borehole drilled in rock for placing explosives

Definitions & Examples

Shì
bīng
tōng
guò
pào
yǎn
xiàng
wài
shè
 

The soldiers fired outward through the gun ports.

Zhè
zuò
bǎo
lěi
de
pào
yǎn
shè
de
fēi
cháng
qiǎo
miào
 
néng
bǎo
shì
bīng
yòu
néng
zuì
huà
shè
jiǎo
 

The gun ports of this fort are ingeniously designed to both protect the soldiers and maximize the firing angle.

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