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Bayonet Knife End Rifle Ran Fixed Makes French

Front bayonet
Pron ['beɪənət]
Back 【bayonet】
n.刺刀
When the soldiers ran out of ammunition, they fixed bayonets to their rifles.
当士兵们用完了弹药时,就把刺刀上膛。
Vocab
bayoneta knife that can be fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon

A bayonet is a knife attached to the end of a rifle. This makes the rifle capable of even more violence than before.

This handy extension to the business end of a rifle gets its name from the French city of Bayonne. It's thought to have developed when French peasantry ran out of ammo and stuffed their knives into the muzzles of their muskets. A bayonet makes the rife more versatile: besides shooting people at a distance, it's now more deadly in hand to hand combat. With a bayonet, you've got a gun and knife in one package.

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