名詞 howitzer:

1. a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range
   同義詞：mortar, trench mortar

how.it.zer

n.（名詞）
A relatively short cannon that delivers shells at a medium muzzle velocity, usually by a high trajectory.
榴彈炮：一種相對(duì)較短的大炮，通常以較高的彈道和中等初速度發(fā)射炮彈

來(lái)源：
Dutch houwitser
荷蘭語(yǔ) houwitser
from German Haubitze
源自 德語(yǔ) Haubitze
alteration of obsolete haufnitz [catapult]
廢語(yǔ) haufnitz的變化 [ 弩炮]
from Old Czech haufnice
源自 古捷克語(yǔ) haufnice
hauf [group, heap] [of Germanic origin]
hauf [組，堆] [來(lái)自德語(yǔ)]
-nice [feminine n. suff]
-nice [陰性名詞后綴]