battery

n.
1. bombardment,cannonade,firing of the cannon炮击，开炮。
△H.Ⅴ.3.3.7:“If I begin the battery onceagain,/I will not leave the half-achieved Harfleur/Till in her ashes she lies buried.”一旦我再次发动炮击，我要不把这个已经半攻下的哈弗娄城埋葬在它自己的灰烬底下，就决不收兵。
make one’s battery: direct one’s fire 把炮火对准。
△1H.Ⅵ.1.4.65: “Where is best place to make ourbattery next?”下一次把炮火对准哪个地方最好？
2. breach,assault 突破，攻击。
△3H.Ⅵ. 3.1.37: “Hersighs will make a battery in his breast；”她的叹息可以突破他的胸膛。
3. (legal term) assault,unlawful beating of another（法律名词）攻击，非法殴打。
△Tw.4.1.37(34):“I’ll havean action of battery against him,if there be any lawin Illyria.”要是伊利里亚还有法律的话，我要告他非法殴打的罪。
△Ham.5.1.109(102):“and will not tell him ofhis action of battery?”（为什么）不告诉他要控告他犯了殴打罪呢？

battery[ˈbætæri]

n. 电池，炮兵连（群），组合，成组，成批，一组打击乐器
‖ battery aiming point 火炮群瞄准点
battery box 电池箱
battery clerk 炮兵连文书
battery command post 炮兵连指挥所
battery commander (leader)炮兵连连长
battery control post 炮兵连设计控制站
battery error投接手失误
battery headquarters 炮兵连连部
battery test 成套测验