English Dictionary

amorce

/əˈmɔɹs/

noun

A hint about the future; an instance of foreshadowing. / A percussion cap or detonator.

The mysterious letter was an amorce of what was to come.

意味（1）

A hint about the future; an instance of foreshadowing.

The anti-Americanism — or anti-Carterism, because Schmidt is basically pro-American — was in a way worrying, although if the dollar crisis is such an amorce for economic and monetary union, I am prepared, up to a point, to go along with it.

意味（2）

A percussion cap or detonator.

In March Messrs. Philip Morris & Co., Ltd., imported without a licence a consignment of 500 imitation cigarette cases, each containing a roll of amorces arranged in such a manner that an amorce was fired each time the case was opened, and the goods were placed under dentention by the Customs.