英语释义
1. a sturdy vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pestle
crushed the seeds in a mortar
2. a portable muzzle-loading weapon having a tube short in relation to its caliber (see caliber sense 2b) that is used to throw bombs at high angles
mortars fired at the enemy positions
3. any of several similar firing devices
4. a plastic building material (such as a mixture of cement, lime, or gypsum plaster with sand and water) that hardens and is used in masonry or plastering
5. to plaster or make fast with mortar
6. a strong deep bowl in which substances are pounded or crushed with a pestle
7. a short light cannon used to shoot shells high into the air
8. a building material made of lime and cement mixed with sand and water that is spread between bricks or stones so as to hold them together when it hardens
9. a strong vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pestle