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.
雙語例句
1. Change the filter cartridge as often as instructed by the manufacturer.
按照生產(chǎn)廠家的使用說明，經(jīng)常更換過濾筒。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The cartridge must be replaced at regular intervals.
彈藥必須定時更換。
來自柯林斯例句
3. This rifle only holds one cartridge.
這支來復槍只能裝一發(fā)子彈.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. The cartridge is ejected automatically.
子彈自動排出.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
5. He was attacked by a security man who tried to wrest away a gas cartridge.