English Dictionary

turret farm

名詞

くだけた表現

(military, nautical, informal) A battleship with an unusually-large number of main-battery turrets (generally five or more). / The main battery carried by such a battleship, or the major portion thereof.

日本語の意味

複数の主砲塔（通常5基以上）を備えた戦艦、またはその戦艦に装備された主砲（またはその主要部分）を指す。

The navy's latest dreadnought, equipped with six massive main turrets, was derisively nicknamed a turret farm by sailors who worried that so many turrets made her top-heavy and conspicuous.

海軍の最新ドレッドノートは主砲塔を6基も備えており、水兵たちはそれを主砲塔が異常に多い戦艦と嘲り、砲塔が多すぎて艦が上部に重く目立つのではないかと心配していた。

意味（1）

(military, nautical, informal) A battleship with an unusually-large number of main-battery turrets (generally five or more).

意味（2）

The main battery carried by such a battleship, or the major portion thereof.

Turning to get a better bead on Princess Royal, the Prinzregent Luitpold catches a full salvo from HMS Agincourts massive turret farm' and vanishes in a roar of water and flame. Nothing is left once the smoke has cleared.

turret farms （ plural ）