Its vaunted invention of gunpowder had spluttered into firecrackers .

它一直津津乐道发明的火药变成了人们日常使用的爆竹。

All models incorporated a revolving cylinder into which gunpowder and bullets were loaded .

所有型号包括一个用于装载火药和子弹的旋转弹仓。

Catholics did not get back into parliament for 224 years after the gunpowder plot .

自从火药阴谋以后，天主教已有224年没能重返议会。

Like gunpowder and printing , china had etiquette before most of the rest of us .

与火药和印刷术一样，中国比其他大多数国家更早地拥有了礼仪。

Urine was used for tanning leather and in the making of saltpetre , an important component of gunpowder .

小便被用来硝制皮革及制作硝酸铵，同时也是火药的一种重要成分。