1Denoting a repeating firearm in which a new round is brought from the magazine into the breech by a slide action in line with the barrel.
压动式的
a pump-action shotgun
Example sentencesExamples
He raised his pump-action shotgun and fired - forcing her to dive back into the room.
They're heavily armed, pump-action shot guns, handguns and cuffs.
The firearm used was a pump-action shotgun, a weapon banned in the UK for more than a decade.
Among them were machine-guns, submachine-guns, a machine pistol and a pump-action shotgun.
A car pulled up alongside and the gunman fired three rounds from a pump-action shotgun.
2Denoting an unpressurized spray dispenser for liquid that is worked by finger action rather than by internal pressure (as in an aerosol)
（除臭剂或煎油等喷雾器）手按式的
a preference for pump-action sprays and roll-on applicators
Example sentencesExamples
To a 1-quart pump-action spray bottle, add 1 teaspoon each mild dishwashing liquid and cooking oil, then enough water to make 1 quart; shake to mix.
Police said the symptoms suffered by bystanders were likely to have been caused by pepper spray used by officers to restrain the man, who had fired a shot from a handgun after spraying the substance from a pump-action bottle.
This was a kind of pump-action bleach spray that was supposed to give your hair that much sought after sun-kissed look.
A subway station in a suburb of Washington DC was closed after the armed man released the spray from a pump-action bottle as police arrested him.
Definition of pump-action in US English:
pump-action
adjectiveˈˌpəmp ˈˌækʃənˈˌpəmp ˈˌakSHən
1Denoting a repeating firearm, typically a shotgun, in which a new round is brought from the magazine into the breech by a slide action in line with the barrel.
压动式的
a pump-action shotgun
Example sentencesExamples
A car pulled up alongside and the gunman fired three rounds from a pump-action shotgun.
He raised his pump-action shotgun and fired - forcing her to dive back into the room.
They're heavily armed, pump-action shot guns, handguns and cuffs.
The firearm used was a pump-action shotgun, a weapon banned in the UK for more than a decade.
Among them were machine-guns, submachine-guns, a machine pistol and a pump-action shotgun.
2Denoting a spray dispenser for a liquid such as deodorant or cooking oil that is worked by finger action rather than by internal pressure (as in an aerosol)
（除臭剂或煎油等喷雾器）手按式的
a preference for pump-action sprays and roll-on applicators
Example sentencesExamples
A subway station in a suburb of Washington DC was closed after the armed man released the spray from a pump-action bottle as police arrested him.
Police said the symptoms suffered by bystanders were likely to have been caused by pepper spray used by officers to restrain the man, who had fired a shot from a handgun after spraying the substance from a pump-action bottle.
To a 1-quart pump-action spray bottle, add 1 teaspoon each mild dishwashing liquid and cooking oil, then enough water to make 1 quart; shake to mix.
This was a kind of pump-action bleach spray that was supposed to give your hair that much sought after sun-kissed look.