Rifle
['raɪf(ə)l] or ['raɪfl]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore; 'he lifted the rifle to his shoulder and fired'.
(verb.) go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way; 'Who rifled through my desk drawers?'.
手打:诺娜--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off.
(v. t.) To strip; to rob; to pillage.
(v. t.) To raffle.
(v. i.) To raffle.
(v. i.) To commit robbery.
(n.) A gun, the inside of whose barrel is grooved with spiral channels, thus giving the ball a rotary motion and insuring greater accuracy of fire. As a military firearm it has superseded the musket.
(n.) A body of soldiers armed with rifles.
(n.) A strip of wood covered with emery or a similar material, used for sharpening scythes.
(v. t.) To grove; to channel; especially, to groove internally with spiral channels; as, to rifle a gun barrel or a cannon.
(v. t.) To whet with a rifle. See Rifle, n., 3.
贺拉斯校對
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. [1]. Seize, snatch away, carry off.[2]. Rob, pillage, plunder, strip, despoil, fleece.
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同義詞及反義詞:
[See_JEER]
埃米尔編輯
解釋/意思:
v.t. to groove spirally as a gun-barrel.—n. a musket with a barrel spirally grooved—many varieties the Enfield Mini Martini-Henry Chassepot Mannlicher-repeating Remington Lee-Metford &c.—ns. Rī′fle-bird an Australian bird-of-Paradise; Rī′fle-corps a body of soldiers armed with rifles; Rī′fleman a man armed with a rifle; Rī′fle-pit a pit dug to shelter riflemen; Rī′fle-range a place for practice with the rifle; Rī′fling the act of cutting spiral grooves in the bore of a gun; Rī′fling-machine′.
v.t. to carry off by force: to strip to rob: to whet as a scythe.—n. Rī′fler.
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例句/造句/用法:
- They heard a rifle bolt snick as it was drawn back and then the knock against the wood as it was pushed forward and down on the stock. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- The Redan was within rifle-shot of the Malakoff; Inkerman was a mile away; and Balaklava removed but an hour's ride. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- It was expected in case of necessity to connect these forts by rifle-pits. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- The repeating rifle now seemed an interesting possibility and large sums were spent in developing a weapon of this type. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The rifle grooves, however, were first made spiral or screwed by Koster, of Birmingham, about 1620, while straight grooves are said to have been in use as far back as 1498. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- A breech-loading rifle was also invented about this time. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- He lay back and sighted with the automatic rifle as the planes came on steadily. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- There were two of them, with rifles slung on their backs and flashlights in their hands and they were shouting too. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- At sight of us the members of the guard sprang forward in surprise, and with levelled rifles halted us. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- They throw away their rifles, Piani said. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- Raising their rifles they fired into the underbrush in the direction from which the missiles had come. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- I saw flashes of the rifles and heard the reports. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- Pilar was climbing the bank into the timber carrying three rifles. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- As I gained my feet the therns lowered their wicked rifles, their faces distorted in mingled chagrin, consternation, and alarm. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- Rifled cannon were first employed in actual service in Louis Napoleon’s Italian campaign of 1859, and were first introduced in the United States service by General James in 1861. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Smooth-bore cannon and mortars of cast-iron and bronze are still retained in some fortresses, though rifled cannon are the only type now made. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- In Berlin there is a rifled cannon of 1664 with thirteen grooves. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- I am convinced that these marks were left by the man who rifled the papers. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- We have seen the mineral and vegetable kingdoms rifled and ransacked for substances that would yield the best filament. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Three-barrel guns were also made from one piece of steel, two bores for shot and the third rifled for a bullet. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Then, when he had left, you rifled the jewel-case, raised the alarm, and had this unfortunate man arrested. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- The feature of importance in the cannon which contributed most to its efficiency was the rifling of the bore with spiral grooves. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- The gunsmith was so impressed by the boy and his accomplishment that, after rifling the barrel, he fitted it with a lock. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- They removed their prisoner to the ground and then commenced a systematic rifling of the vessel. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- He had no tools to cut the rifling. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The liner is a single piece which extends the length of the bore and is intended to contain the rifling and the powder chamber. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Was it not he of St Ives whom they tied to an oak-tree, and compelled to sing a mass while they were rifling his mails and his wallets? 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- The rifling of the barrels of firearms is, however, of very ancient origin. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
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