Gun

[gʌn] or [ɡʌn]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) the discharge of a firearm as signal or as a salute in military ceremonies; 'two runners started before the gun'; 'a twenty gun salute'.

(noun.) a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel).

(verb.) shoot with a gun.

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解釋/意思:

(-) of Gin

(n.) A weapon which throws or propels a missile to a distance; any firearm or instrument for throwing projectiles by the explosion of gunpowder, consisting of a tube or barrel closed at one end, in which the projectile is placed, with an explosive charge behind, which is ignited by various means. Muskets, rifles, carbines, and fowling pieces are smaller guns, for hand use, and are called small arms. Larger guns are called cannon, ordnance, fieldpieces, carronades, howitzers, etc. See these terms in the Vocabulary.

(n.) A piece of heavy ordnance; in a restricted sense, a cannon.

(n.) Violent blasts of wind.

(v. i.) To practice fowling or hunting small game; -- chiefly in participial form; as, to go gunning.

校對:莫蒂默

同義詞及近義詞：

n. Fire-arm, BLUNDERBUSS.

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解釋/意思:

n. a firearm or weapon from which balls or other projectiles are discharged usually by means of gunpowder—now generally applied to cannon: one who carries a gun a member of a shooting-party.—v.i. (Amer.) to shoot with a gun.—ns. Gun′-barr′el the barrel or tube of a gun; Gun′boat a boat or small vessel of light draught fitted to carry one or more guns; Gun′-carr′iage a carriage on which a gun or cannon is supported; Gun′-cott′on an explosive prepared by saturating cotton with nitric acid; Gun′-fire (mil.) the hour at which the morning or evening gun is fired; Gun′-flint a piece of flint fitted to the hammer of a flint-lock musket; Gun′-met′al an alloy of copper and tin in the proportion of 9 to 1 used in making guns; Gun′nage the number of guns carried by a ship of war; Gun′ner one who works a gun or cannon: (naut.) a petty officer who has charge of the ordnance on board ship; Gun′nery the art of managing guns or the science of artillery; Gun′ning shooting game; Gun′-port a port-hole; Gun′powder an explosive powder used for guns and firearms; Gun′-room the apartment on board ship occupied by the gunner or by the lieutenants as a mess-room; Gun′shot the distance to which shot can be thrown from a gun.—adj. caused by the shot of a gun.—adj. Gun′-shy frightened by guns (of a sporting dog).—ns. Gun′smith a smith or workman who makes or repairs guns or small-arms; Gun′stick a ramrod; Gun′stock the stock or piece of wood on which the barrel of a gun is fixed; Gun′stone (Shak.) a stone formerly used as shot for a gun; Gun′-tack′le (naut.) the tackle used on board ship by which the guns are run to and from the port-holes; Gun′-wad a wad for a gun; Gat′ling-gun a revolving battery-gun invented by R. J. Gatling about 1861 usually having ten parallel barrels capable of firing 1200 shots a minute; Machine′-gun (see Machine).—As sure as a gun quite sure certainly; Blow great guns to blow tempestuously—of wind; Great gun a cannon: (coll.) a person of great importance; Son of a gun a rogue rascal.

校對:玛克辛