battery
n
1 [C] portable container of a cell or cells for supplying electricity 電池; 電池組; 電瓶
a `car battery 汽車用的蓄電池
a `torch battery 手電筒用的電池
This pocket calculator needs two batteries. 這個袖珍計算器需用兩節乾電池. =>illus at App 1 見附錄1, page xii.
2 [C]
(a) group of big guns on a warship or on land 軍艦上的炮組; 陸地上的炮臺.
(b) army unit consisting of big guns, with men and vehicles 炮兵連(由大炮、炮兵及車輛組成).
3 [C] large and often confusing set of similar tools, instruments, etc used together (同類用具、器物等的)一套, 一組
a battery of lights 一組燈
(fig 比喻) She faced a battery of questions. 她面臨一連串的問題.
4 [C] series of cages in which hens, etc are kept (to make them lay more eggs or grow fatter) 養雞房(養雞等用的成排雞籠, 可使母雞多產蛋或育肥)
[attrib 作定語]
a battery hen 養雞房飼養的母雞
battery eggs 養雞場產的蛋. Cf 參看 free-range (free)1).
5 [U] (law 律) unlawfully hitting sb or touching him or his clothes threateningly 毆打.
6 (idm 習語) recharge one's batteries => recharge.