Last Updated：2025/11/20

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Archie

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Source Word

Archie

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈɑːtʃi/

Noun

slang uncountable countable

(military slang, WWI, uncountable) Anti-aircraft artillery. / (military slang, WWI, countable) A piece of anti-aircraft ordnance.

Japanese Meaning

対空砲：第一次世界大戦中の軍事スラングで、対空目的に使用される砲や防空兵器を指します。 / 対空砲の一体：複数形ではなく、単体の対空砲またはその一部を指す場合があります。

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As the bombers approached, the Archie erupted into a curtain of flak, scattering the formation.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

爆撃機が接近すると、対空砲火が一斉に襲いかかり、編隊を散開させた。

Sense（1）

(military slang, WWI, uncountable) Anti-aircraft artillery.

But then, dodging airbursts of Archie on the Western Front hadn't exactly been a joyride either.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Sense（2）

(military slang, WWI, countable) A piece of anti-aircraft ordnance.

An inquisitive aeroplane, which had been hovering over the scene, was picked off as by an Archie and made a forced landing, man and machine buried in filth.

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