a volley of gunfire directed along a line from end to end 纵(向)射(击)
a suite of rooms with doorways in line with each other 门廊成直线的一套房间
verb
[with obj.]direct a volley of gunfire along the length of (a target) 向(目标)纵射
语源
early 18th cent. (denoting the position of a military post commanding the length of a line): from French, from enfiler 'thread on a string, pierce from end to end', from en- 'in, on' + fil 'thread'