gun

Word family adjectivegunlessnoungunnagegunnergunnerygunninggunboatgun carriageguncottongun doggunfightgunfightergunfiregunflintgunhousegunlayergunlockgunmakergunmangunmetalgunplaygunpointgunportgunpowdergunroomgunrunnergunrunninggunshipgunshotgunsightgunslingergunsmithgunstickgunstockgunstonegun

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gun1 /ɡʌn/ S2 W2 noun [countableC]

1 PMWa metal weapon which shoots bullets or shells 枪；炮

have/hold/carry a gun

I could see he was carrying a gun.

我看到他带着一把枪。

I’ve never fired a gun in my life.

我这辈子从来没开过枪。

Jake was pointing a gun at the door.

杰克用枪对着门口。

Two policemen were killed in a gun battle.

两名警察在一次枪战中丧生。

2 put/hold a gun to somebody’s head

a) to put a gun very close to someone’s head to shoot them or to force them to do something 用枪指着某人的头

He put a gun to her head and told the cashier to hand over the money.

他用枪指着她的头，叫出纳员把钱交出来。

b) to force someone to do something they do not want to do 逼某人，胁迫某人就范

You chose to live here. Nobody put a gun to your head.

是你自己要住在这里，又没有人强迫你。

Examples from the Corpus

put/hold a gun to somebody’s head• He might as well have put a gun to my head.

3 DTa tool that forces out small objects or a liquid by pressure 喷射器，喷枪

a paint gun

喷漆枪

a nail gun

射钉枪

→ flashgun, spray gun

4. (also starting pistol) a gun which is fired into the air at the start of a race 发令枪

5 big/top gun American EnglishAmE informal someone who is very important within an organization 大人物，头号人物

Jed wanted to impress a Harvard professor and some other big guns.

杰德想给一位哈佛教授以及其他几位大人物留个好印象。

Examples from the Corpus

big/top gun• There was a tank with a big gun on it.• He won't be the last big gun brought out in the battle for Stockton South.• In part two: Showdown: Soccer's big guns prepare for a shootout.• All the big guns are through to the semi-finals as expected.• Lincoln brought in the big guns of William Temple to get bishop and rector to release the curate before the time.• In Houston, many of the big gun shops have opted to police themselves.• They leaned into their big guns, shoulders twitching.

6. hired gun American EnglishAmE informalKILL someone who is paid to shoot someone else 雇用的枪手[刺客]

Examples from the Corpus

hired gun• Her coming was more like bringing in a hired gun.• The most free-spending hired guns are all well-known by political mavens inside the Beltway.• This time Bruce Willis is the hired gun in Prohibition-era Texas.• This time Bruce Willis is the hired gun, caught between Chicago gangsters fighting for control of the hooch business.

7. with all guns blazing if you do something with all guns blazing, you do it with a lot of energy, determination, and noise 劲头十足，热火朝天

Examples from the Corpus

with all guns blazing• Ewood Park is a lucky ground for them and in the first half they went for Blackburn with all guns blazing.• Kasparov has won, but Karpov went down with all guns blazing to an honourable defeat.• Naomi has moved in, with all guns blazing.

→ son of a gun, → stick to your guns at stick1, → jump the gun at jump1(11), → be going great guns at great1(11), → spike somebody’s guns at spike2(6)

Examples from the Corpus

gun• You know how to shoot a gun, she said.• In letters written from jail, he denies using a gun in the robbery.• Police said Stanton was hit on the back of the head with a gun during the ordeal.• A light machine gun opened up, then another.• Either the machine gun had been wiped out or the enemy had gotten smart.• He held the gun as if he didn't know what it was, and looked at her.• His bulging eyes fixing her maniacally as he advanced, his hand on the gun at his belt.

gun battle• His parents were told at first that he was hit in the chest during a gun battle.• On April 28 eight people died and more than 20 were injured in a gun battle in the village of Troitskaya.• Seven police officers were injured in a gun battle.• Khosana was shot dead in an ensuing gun battle with Ciskeian troops.• Last Sunday 22 people died and 52 were injured in gun battles and by landmines in the state.• After 10 days of gun battles, Federal troops were called out to quell the violence.• But none of that happened without running gun battles with the centralizers in Washington.• In the gun battle that followed all the rebels were shot dead except one-17-year-old Bhagwati Chaudhary.

gun2 verb (gunned, gunning)

1 be gunning for somebody informalCRITICIZE to be trying to find an opportunity to criticize or harm someone 伺机批评[伤害]某人

Why is he gunning for me?

他为什么总是跟我过不去？

Examples from the Corpus

be gunning for somebody• Why should he be gunning for me?• As long as we're number 1, everybody will be gunning for us.• Being No. 1, we knew a lot of teams are gunning for us.

2 be gunning for something informal to be trying very hard to obtain something 力图获取某物

He’s gunning for your job.

他竭力谋取你的职位。

Examples from the Corpus

be gunning for something• Another officer is already gunning for his job.• Why should he be gunning for me?• Being No. 1, we knew a lot of teams are gunning for us.

3. [transitiveT] American EnglishAmE informalTTCFAST/QUICK to make the engine of a car go very fast by pressing the accelerator very hard 使加速，猛踩…的油门

4 gun somebody ↔ down phrasal verbphr v SHOOTto shoot someone and badly injure or kill them, especially someone who cannot defend themselves 开枪击伤[击毙]〔尤指不能自卫的人〕

A policeman was gunned down as he left his house this morning.

今晨一名警察离家时遭到枪击。

n Grammar

Gun down is usually passive.

Examples from the Corpus

gun down• Still, given our fondness for gunning each other down, fearing the sight of blood seems perfectly sound.• Use your pistol to dispense with individual guards or your machine gun to mow down a line of enemies.• The shrapnel and spent machine gun bullets pattered down among the cactus like rain.• The gun hangs down below the hem of her skirt.• It follows, of course, that each time a gun is laid down it must first be broken and unloaded.• The new ships will have two sets of rapid-fire radar-controlled multi-barrel guns to shoot down missiles.• She put the gun back down on the desk.• Submachine guns mowed down students by the hundreds, perhaps by the thousands.

Examples from the Corpus

gun• Yes, well, when one has spoken out for freedom against dictatorship there are other people gunning for one.

Origin gun1

(1300-1400) Perhaps from Gunnilda, a woman's name, from Old Norse Gunnhildr

单词	gun
释义	gun Word family adjectivegunlessnoungunnagegunnergunnerygunninggunboatgun carriageguncottongun doggunfightgunfightergunfiregunflintgunhousegunlayergunlockgunmakergunmangunmetalgunplaygunpointgunportgunpowdergunroomgunrunnergunrunninggunshipgunshotgunsightgunslingergunsmithgunstickgunstockgunstonegun Related topics: Weapons, Daily life, Technology gun1 /ɡʌn/ ●●● S2 W2 noun [countableC] 1 PMWa metal weapon which shoots bullets or shells 枪；炮 have/hold/carry a gun I could see he was carrying a gun. 我看到他带着一把枪。 I’ve never fired a gun in my life. 我这辈子从来没开过枪。 Jake was pointing a gun at the door. 杰克用枪对着门口。 Two policemen were killed in a gun battle. 两名警察在一次枪战中丧生。 2 put/hold a gun to somebody’s head a) to put a gun very close to someone’s head to shoot them or to force them to do something 用枪指着某人的头 He put a gun to her head and told the cashier to hand over the money. 他用枪指着她的头，叫出纳员把钱交出来。 b) to force someone to do something they do not want to do 逼某人，胁迫某人就范 You chose to live here. Nobody put a gun to your head. 是你自己要住在这里，又没有人强迫你。 Examples from the Corpus put/hold a gun to somebody’s head• He might as well have put a gun to my head. 3 DTa tool that forces out small objects or a liquid by pressure 喷射器，喷枪 a paint gun 喷漆枪 a nail gun 射钉枪 → flashgun, spray gun 4. (also starting pistol) a gun which is fired into the air at the start of a race 发令枪 5 big/top gun American EnglishAmE informal someone who is very important within an organization 大人物，头号人物 Jed wanted to impress a Harvard professor and some other big guns. 杰德想给一位哈佛教授以及其他几位大人物留个好印象。 Examples from the Corpus big/top gun• There was a tank with a big gun on it.• He won't be the last big gun brought out in the battle for Stockton South.• In part two: Showdown: Soccer's big guns prepare for a shootout.• All the big guns are through to the semi-finals as expected.• Lincoln brought in the big guns of William Temple to get bishop and rector to release the curate before the time.• In Houston, many of the big gun shops have opted to police themselves.• They leaned into their big guns, shoulders twitching. 6. hired gun American EnglishAmE informalKILL someone who is paid to shoot someone else 雇用的枪手[刺客] Examples from the Corpus hired gun• Her coming was more like bringing in a hired gun.• The most free-spending hired guns are all well-known by political mavens inside the Beltway.• This time Bruce Willis is the hired gun in Prohibition-era Texas.• This time Bruce Willis is the hired gun, caught between Chicago gangsters fighting for control of the hooch business. 7. with all guns blazing if you do something with all guns blazing, you do it with a lot of energy, determination, and noise 劲头十足，热火朝天 Examples from the Corpus with all guns blazing• Ewood Park is a lucky ground for them and in the first half they went for Blackburn with all guns blazing.• Kasparov has won, but Karpov went down with all guns blazing to an honourable defeat.• Naomi has moved in, with all guns blazing. → son of a gun, → stick to your guns at stick1, → jump the gun at jump1(11), → be going great guns at great1(11), → spike somebody’s guns at spike2(6) Examples from the Corpus gun• You know how to shoot a gun, she said.• In letters written from jail, he denies using a gun in the robbery.• Police said Stanton was hit on the back of the head with a gun during the ordeal.• A light machine gun opened up, then another.• Either the machine gun had been wiped out or the enemy had gotten smart.• He held the gun as if he didn't know what it was, and looked at her.• His bulging eyes fixing her maniacally as he advanced, his hand on the gun at his belt. gun battle• His parents were told at first that he was hit in the chest during a gun battle.• On April 28 eight people died and more than 20 were injured in a gun battle in the village of Troitskaya.• Seven police officers were injured in a gun battle.• Khosana was shot dead in an ensuing gun battle with Ciskeian troops.• Last Sunday 22 people died and 52 were injured in gun battles and by landmines in the state.• After 10 days of gun battles, Federal troops were called out to quell the violence.• But none of that happened without running gun battles with the centralizers in Washington.• In the gun battle that followed all the rebels were shot dead except one-17-year-old Bhagwati Chaudhary. gun2 verb (gunned, gunning) 1 be gunning for somebody informalCRITICIZE to be trying to find an opportunity to criticize or harm someone 伺机批评[伤害]某人 Why is he gunning for me? 他为什么总是跟我过不去？ Examples from the Corpus be gunning for somebody• Why should he be gunning for me?• As long as we're number 1, everybody will be gunning for us.• Being No. 1, we knew a lot of teams are gunning for us. 2 be gunning for something informal to be trying very hard to obtain something 力图获取某物 He’s gunning for your job. 他竭力谋取你的职位。 Examples from the Corpus be gunning for something• Another officer is already gunning for his job.• Why should he be gunning for me?• Being No. 1, we knew a lot of teams are gunning for us. 3. [transitiveT] American EnglishAmE informalTTCFAST/QUICK to make the engine of a car go very fast by pressing the accelerator very hard 使加速，猛踩…的油门 4 gun somebody ↔ down phrasal verbphr v SHOOTto shoot someone and badly injure or kill them, especially someone who cannot defend themselves 开枪击伤[击毙]〔尤指不能自卫的人〕 A policeman was gunned down as he left his house this morning. 今晨一名警察离家时遭到枪击。 n Grammar Gun down is usually passive. Examples from the Corpus gun down• Still, given our fondness for gunning each other down, fearing the sight of blood seems perfectly sound.• Use your pistol to dispense with individual guards or your machine gun to mow down a line of enemies.• The shrapnel and spent machine gun bullets pattered down among the cactus like rain.• The gun hangs down below the hem of her skirt.• It follows, of course, that each time a gun is laid down it must first be broken and unloaded.• The new ships will have two sets of rapid-fire radar-controlled multi-barrel guns to shoot down missiles.• She put the gun back down on the desk.• Submachine guns mowed down students by the hundreds, perhaps by the thousands. Examples from the Corpus gun• Yes, well, when one has spoken out for freedom against dictatorship there are other people gunning for one. Origin gun1 (1300-1400) Perhaps from Gunnilda, a woman's name, from Old Norse Gunnhildr
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