Definition of "battery" in 英语

noun

1. (electricity, electronics, countable) A device used to power electric devices, consisting of one or more electrically connected electrochemical cells or (archaically) electrostatic cells.

   • alkaline battery
   • sodium-ion battery
   • lead-acid battery
   • His flashlight takes two AA batteries.
   • His car takes a 550-CCA lead-acid battery.

2. (metonymic, informal, uncountable) The energy stored in such a device.

   • Her phone did not have enough battery for another phone call.
   • A: How much battery do you have left? B: Only 63%.

3. (law) The infliction of unlawful physical violence on a person, legally distinguished from assault, which involves the threat of impending violence.

   • Holonym: assault and battery

4. (military, countable) A coordinated group of artillery weapons, with any of various numbers of guns.

   • Outside the ancient fort, you can still see worn areas in the stone where the batteries were once placed.

5. (historical, archaic) An elevated platform on which cannon could be placed.

6. An array of similar things.

   • Schoolchildren take a battery of standard tests to measure their progress.

7. A set of small cages where hens are kept for the purpose of farming their eggs.

8. (baseball) The catcher and the pitcher together

9. (chess) Two or more pieces working together on the same rank, file, or diagonal

10. (music) A marching percussion ensemble; the section of the drumline that marches on the field during a performance.

11. The state of a firearm or cannon when it is possible to be fired.

    • in battery
    • out of battery
    • In this circumstance, you will have to rack the slide to get back in battery.

12. (archaic) Apparatus for preparing or serving meals.