Definition of longbow in English:

longbow

noun ˈlɒŋbəʊˈlɔŋˌboʊ

A large bow drawn by hand and shooting a long feathered arrow. It was the chief weapon of English armies from the 14th century until the introduction of firearms.
（手拉式射羽毛箭的）长弓，大弓（英国军队从14世纪开始使用的主要武器，后被火器取代）
Example sentencesExamples
- The French first sent forward Genoese mercenary crossbowmen, whose weapons, their bowstrings slackened by a shower of rain, proved no match for the English longbows.
- Archers quickly exhausted quiver after quiver of arrows from their yew longbows.
- The movie features many different races using many different types of longbows and crossbows in warfare.
- The response he received was an angry retort from a man in the crowd holding a longbow, with an arrow strung and ready to fire.
- If the pictorial evidence of the tapestry is to be taken as truthful in any way, then some of the archers had longer bows than others and the longest bows, in proportion to their users, are longbows.
- The thrown spear did not survive competition with the longbow, crossbow, and firearm in the West but it continued in cultures innocent of gunpowder.
- From dives, the archeologists have recovered the only examples of genuine English longbows as well as their arrows.
- In the fourteenth century Edward III incorporated mounted archers using the native longbow into his army.
- The others followed suit, some drawing swords, others fitting arrows into yew longbows.
- They found a large stock of longbows and plenty of arrows.
- They took five shotguns, a longbow, arrows, a crossbow and bolts.
- The Welsh had been using the longbow since the twelfth century, but in the Welsh Wars of Edward I, it was introduced to the English.
- Each rider took out his longbow and fitted arrow to string.
- The 2,000 arrows and nearly 150 longbows found on board reflect the continuing reliance on traditional methods of anti-personnel artillery.
- This single battle is taken as proof of how just effective the longbow was as a weapon.
- They allowed some of the weekend's 700 visitors the chance to handle a longbow, the English national weapon in the Middle Ages and a formidable force on the battlefield.
- In Europe in the Middle Ages the limitations of the heavily armoured mounted knight were finally exposed by Swiss infantry armed with pikes or halberds and English infantry armed with longbows.
- However, war had moved on from the time of the Battle of Hastings and the longbow was now the most feared of weapons and not the knight on horseback.
- Visitors will be able to aim high with the English longbow or match their skills to the Agincourt archers or those of Robin Hood and his merry men.
- Before he could fire, Rae had an arrow fitted in her longbow.
Synonyms
crossbow, recurve

Definition of longbow in US English:

longbow

nounˈlôNGˌbōˈlɔŋˌboʊ

A large bow drawn by hand and shooting a long feathered arrow. It was the chief weapon of English armies from the 14th century until the introduction of firearms.
（手拉式射羽毛箭的）长弓，大弓（英国军队从14世纪开始使用的主要武器，后被火器取代）
Example sentencesExamples
- Each rider took out his longbow and fitted arrow to string.
- This single battle is taken as proof of how just effective the longbow was as a weapon.
- They allowed some of the weekend's 700 visitors the chance to handle a longbow, the English national weapon in the Middle Ages and a formidable force on the battlefield.
- The movie features many different races using many different types of longbows and crossbows in warfare.
- The Welsh had been using the longbow since the twelfth century, but in the Welsh Wars of Edward I, it was introduced to the English.
- From dives, the archeologists have recovered the only examples of genuine English longbows as well as their arrows.
- Visitors will be able to aim high with the English longbow or match their skills to the Agincourt archers or those of Robin Hood and his merry men.
- In the fourteenth century Edward III incorporated mounted archers using the native longbow into his army.
- Before he could fire, Rae had an arrow fitted in her longbow.
- They found a large stock of longbows and plenty of arrows.
- The 2,000 arrows and nearly 150 longbows found on board reflect the continuing reliance on traditional methods of anti-personnel artillery.
- In Europe in the Middle Ages the limitations of the heavily armoured mounted knight were finally exposed by Swiss infantry armed with pikes or halberds and English infantry armed with longbows.
- If the pictorial evidence of the tapestry is to be taken as truthful in any way, then some of the archers had longer bows than others and the longest bows, in proportion to their users, are longbows.
- They took five shotguns, a longbow, arrows, a crossbow and bolts.
- The others followed suit, some drawing swords, others fitting arrows into yew longbows.
- However, war had moved on from the time of the Battle of Hastings and the longbow was now the most feared of weapons and not the knight on horseback.
- Archers quickly exhausted quiver after quiver of arrows from their yew longbows.
- The response he received was an angry retort from a man in the crowd holding a longbow, with an arrow strung and ready to fire.
- The French first sent forward Genoese mercenary crossbowmen, whose weapons, their bowstrings slackened by a shower of rain, proved no match for the English longbows.
- The thrown spear did not survive competition with the longbow, crossbow, and firearm in the West but it continued in cultures innocent of gunpowder.
Synonyms
crossbow, recurve

词汇	longbow
释义	Definition of longbow in English: longbow noun ˈlɒŋbəʊˈlɔŋˌboʊ A large bow drawn by hand and shooting a long feathered arrow. It was the chief weapon of English armies from the 14th century until the introduction of firearms. （手拉式射羽毛箭的）长弓，大弓（英国军队从14世纪开始使用的主要武器，后被火器取代） Example sentencesExamples The French first sent forward Genoese mercenary crossbowmen, whose weapons, their bowstrings slackened by a shower of rain, proved no match for the English longbows. Archers quickly exhausted quiver after quiver of arrows from their yew longbows. The movie features many different races using many different types of longbows and crossbows in warfare. The response he received was an angry retort from a man in the crowd holding a longbow, with an arrow strung and ready to fire. If the pictorial evidence of the tapestry is to be taken as truthful in any way, then some of the archers had longer bows than others and the longest bows, in proportion to their users, are longbows. The thrown spear did not survive competition with the longbow, crossbow, and firearm in the West but it continued in cultures innocent of gunpowder. From dives, the archeologists have recovered the only examples of genuine English longbows as well as their arrows. In the fourteenth century Edward III incorporated mounted archers using the native longbow into his army. The others followed suit, some drawing swords, others fitting arrows into yew longbows. They found a large stock of longbows and plenty of arrows. They took five shotguns, a longbow, arrows, a crossbow and bolts. The Welsh had been using the longbow since the twelfth century, but in the Welsh Wars of Edward I, it was introduced to the English. Each rider took out his longbow and fitted arrow to string. The 2,000 arrows and nearly 150 longbows found on board reflect the continuing reliance on traditional methods of anti-personnel artillery. This single battle is taken as proof of how just effective the longbow was as a weapon. They allowed some of the weekend's 700 visitors the chance to handle a longbow, the English national weapon in the Middle Ages and a formidable force on the battlefield. In Europe in the Middle Ages the limitations of the heavily armoured mounted knight were finally exposed by Swiss infantry armed with pikes or halberds and English infantry armed with longbows. However, war had moved on from the time of the Battle of Hastings and the longbow was now the most feared of weapons and not the knight on horseback. Visitors will be able to aim high with the English longbow or match their skills to the Agincourt archers or those of Robin Hood and his merry men. Before he could fire, Rae had an arrow fitted in her longbow. Synonyms crossbow, recurve Definition of longbow in US English: longbow nounˈlôNGˌbōˈlɔŋˌboʊ A large bow drawn by hand and shooting a long feathered arrow. It was the chief weapon of English armies from the 14th century until the introduction of firearms. （手拉式射羽毛箭的）长弓，大弓（英国军队从14世纪开始使用的主要武器，后被火器取代） Example sentencesExamples Each rider took out his longbow and fitted arrow to string. This single battle is taken as proof of how just effective the longbow was as a weapon. They allowed some of the weekend's 700 visitors the chance to handle a longbow, the English national weapon in the Middle Ages and a formidable force on the battlefield. The movie features many different races using many different types of longbows and crossbows in warfare. The Welsh had been using the longbow since the twelfth century, but in the Welsh Wars of Edward I, it was introduced to the English. From dives, the archeologists have recovered the only examples of genuine English longbows as well as their arrows. Visitors will be able to aim high with the English longbow or match their skills to the Agincourt archers or those of Robin Hood and his merry men. In the fourteenth century Edward III incorporated mounted archers using the native longbow into his army. Before he could fire, Rae had an arrow fitted in her longbow. They found a large stock of longbows and plenty of arrows. The 2,000 arrows and nearly 150 longbows found on board reflect the continuing reliance on traditional methods of anti-personnel artillery. In Europe in the Middle Ages the limitations of the heavily armoured mounted knight were finally exposed by Swiss infantry armed with pikes or halberds and English infantry armed with longbows. If the pictorial evidence of the tapestry is to be taken as truthful in any way, then some of the archers had longer bows than others and the longest bows, in proportion to their users, are longbows. They took five shotguns, a longbow, arrows, a crossbow and bolts. The others followed suit, some drawing swords, others fitting arrows into yew longbows. However, war had moved on from the time of the Battle of Hastings and the longbow was now the most feared of weapons and not the knight on horseback. Archers quickly exhausted quiver after quiver of arrows from their yew longbows. The response he received was an angry retort from a man in the crowd holding a longbow, with an arrow strung and ready to fire. The French first sent forward Genoese mercenary crossbowmen, whose weapons, their bowstrings slackened by a shower of rain, proved no match for the English longbows. The thrown spear did not survive competition with the longbow, crossbow, and firearm in the West but it continued in cultures innocent of gunpowder. Synonyms crossbow, recurve
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