#英语 #mortar #词源 #多义词
n. 迫击炮；灰浆；研钵

This knowledge sparked a new addition to ordnance about 1420—the mortar. The mortar was squat and looked like the bowl used to grind medicines—the mortar and pestle—thus the name.

这一知识在 1420 年催生了一种新的军械——迫击炮（pǎi）。迫击炮呈矮胖形，形似研药用的碗——研钵和杵——故为此名。