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单词 popgun
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Definition of popgun in English:

popgun

noun ˈpɒpɡʌnˈpɑpˌɡən
  • 1A child's toy gun which shoots a harmless pellet or cork.

    儿童玩具气枪

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Other popular games include: ‘gunfighting’ with bamboo popguns; beetle-and spider-fighting; and huyup-huyup, blowing rubber bands out of a circle for bets.
    • The sweet and beautifully drawn Song of the Birds is about a kid's remorse when he hits a little bird with a popgun.
    • A spectacular Leonid storm in 1833 generated further anecdotes of meteors that swished, whooshed, or, in one case, ‘resembled the noise of a child's popgun.’
    • I felt like someone had placed a popgun really close to my ear and shot it off because there was a ringing that wouldn't stop as well.
    1. 1.1 A small, inefficient, or antiquated gun.
      蹩脚枪,废旧的枪
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Whaddaya think you're going to do with that wee popgun?
      • Charging your guns up for some time before shooting does a whole lot more damage to your foes than just shooting them with your standard little popgun.
      • On the open prairie the .22 Magnum sounds like a popgun.
      • Tess arrived with some fairy wings in her luggage while Donna brought an old-fashioned wooden popgun.
      • Yes, it has some amusing dialogue, mostly one-liners, but the humor is that of a professional popgun for hire, an impersonal jokester, rather than an observer of humanity.
      • If there are potential new shooters observing a match for the first time, they will be drawn where the black powder shooters are firing instead of the extremely fast people shooting popgun loads.
      • But between you and me, the less I hear those popguns, the more regularly my heart beats.

Definition of popgun in US English:

popgun

nounˈpɑpˌɡənˈpäpˌɡən
  • 1A child's toy gun which shoots a harmless pellet or cork.

    儿童玩具气枪

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The sweet and beautifully drawn Song of the Birds is about a kid's remorse when he hits a little bird with a popgun.
    • A spectacular Leonid storm in 1833 generated further anecdotes of meteors that swished, whooshed, or, in one case, ‘resembled the noise of a child's popgun.’
    • Other popular games include: ‘gunfighting’ with bamboo popguns; beetle-and spider-fighting; and huyup-huyup, blowing rubber bands out of a circle for bets.
    • I felt like someone had placed a popgun really close to my ear and shot it off because there was a ringing that wouldn't stop as well.
    1. 1.1 A small, inefficient, or antiquated gun.
      蹩脚枪,废旧的枪
      Example sentencesExamples
      • On the open prairie the .22 Magnum sounds like a popgun.
      • Whaddaya think you're going to do with that wee popgun?
      • If there are potential new shooters observing a match for the first time, they will be drawn where the black powder shooters are firing instead of the extremely fast people shooting popgun loads.
      • Yes, it has some amusing dialogue, mostly one-liners, but the humor is that of a professional popgun for hire, an impersonal jokester, rather than an observer of humanity.
      • But between you and me, the less I hear those popguns, the more regularly my heart beats.
      • Charging your guns up for some time before shooting does a whole lot more damage to your foes than just shooting them with your standard little popgun.
      • Tess arrived with some fairy wings in her luggage while Donna brought an old-fashioned wooden popgun.
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