1570s, cartage, corruption of French cartouche "a full charge for a pistol," originally wrapped in paper (16c.), from Italian cartoccio "roll of paper," an augmentative form of Medieval Latin carta "paper" (see card (n.)). The notion is of a roll of paper containing a charge for a firearm. The modern form of the English word is recorded from 1620s. Extended broadly 20c. to other small containers and their contents.
双语例句
1. Change the filter cartridge as often as instructed by the manufacturer.
按照生产厂家的使用说明,经常更换过滤筒。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The cartridge must be replaced at regular intervals.
弹药必须定时更换。
来自柯林斯例句
3. This rifle only holds one cartridge.
这支来复枪只能装一发子弹.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. The cartridge is ejected automatically.
子弹自动排出.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
5. He was attacked by a security man who tried to wrest away a gas cartridge.