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英语单词 gun
英美音标 英 [ɡʌn] 美 [ɡʌn]
中文释义 n.枪;炮;节流阀
vt.枪击;打开节流阀
vi.用枪打猎
英语例句 (1) The gun has a carry of 400 yards.
(2) He was clubbed to death with a butt of a gun.
(3) It's illegal to carry guns in our country.
(4) The soldier saw a gun jutting out from a bush.
(5) The gun has an elevation of 45 degrees.
(6) Two soldiers dismounted the gun from the base.
(7) I saw them gun down innocent women and children.
中文例句 (1) 这枪的射程为四百码。
(2) 他是被人用枪托殴打致死的。
(3) 在我们国家,携带枪支是违法的。
(4) 那士兵看见一支枪从矮树丛伸出来。
(5) 这门炮的仰角为45度。
(6) 两个战士把炮从底座上卸下来。
(7) 我看到他们枪杀无辜的妇女和儿童。
vocabulary简明 A gun is a hand-held weapon that fires bullets or shells. A hunter's gun looks very different from the gun carried in a holster by a police officer.Guns come in all shapes and sizes, but they are all dangerous weapons.
vocabulary扩展 Most guns are designed to kill or injure, whether when hunting animals or used for self-defense. There are also starting guns, which make a loud noise to mark the start of a race; squirt guns, which fire streams of water; and paintball guns, used to shoot paint pellets during a paintball game. A so-called "hired gun" is a professional who's paid for their particular abilities. "Son of a gun" is an informal, fond way to refer to someone.
柯林斯解释
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]枪;炮 A gun is a weapon from which bullets or other things are fired.
  • He produced a gun and he came into the house...

    他掏出枪来,走进房子。

  • The inner-city has guns and crime and drugs and deprivation.

    市中心的贫民区充斥着滥用枪支、犯罪、吸毒和贫困问题。

  • ...gun control laws.

    枪支管制法

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]发令枪 A gun or a starting gun is an object like a gun that is used to make a noise to signal the start of a race.
  • The starting gun blasted and they were off.

    发令枪响了,他们冲了出去。

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[VERB 动词]把…发动起来;给…加大油门;使加速 To gun an engine or a vehicle means to make it start or go faster by pressing on the accelerator pedal.
  [V n]
  [mainly AM 主美]
  • He gunned his engine and drove off.

    他发动引擎,驱车而去。

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See also:
airgun
machine-gun
shotgun
sub-machine gun
    5
    [PHRASE 短语]全力以赴;鼓足干劲 If you come out with guns blazing or with all guns blazing, you put all your effort and energy into trying to achieve something.
      [PHR after v]
    • The company came out with guns blazing.

      公司鼓足了劲要大干一番。

    6
    [PHRASE 短语]抢先行动;过早地行动 If you jump the gun, you do something before everyone else or before the proper or right time.
      [V inflects]
      [INFORMAL 非正式]
    • It wasn't due to be released until September 10, but some booksellers have jumped the gun and decided to sell it early.

      这本书定于9月10号发行,但是一些书商已抢先一步,决定提前销售。

    7
    [PHRASE 短语]坚持自己的立场;固执己见;一意孤行 If you stick to your guns, you continue to have your own opinion about something even though other people are trying to tell you that you are wrong.
      [V inflects]
      [INFORMAL 非正式]
    • He should have stuck to his guns and refused to meet her.

      他本应坚持己见,拒绝与她会面。

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    gun down
    gun for

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