gun
noun[C]
uk/ɡʌn/us/ɡʌn/gunnoun[C](FOR SHOOTING)
B1
aweaponthatbulletsorshells(=explosivecontainers)arefiredfrom:
枪；炮The Britishpolicedo notcarryguns.英国警察不佩带枪支。
You couldhearthenoiseof gunsfiringin thedistance.你可以听到远处的枪声。
insport, adevicethat makes a veryloudsuddennoiseas asignaltostartarace:
（体育比赛中用来表示比赛开始的）信号枪At thegun, therunnerssprintedaway down thetrack.信号枪一响，运动员们便沿着跑道飞奔起来。
adevicethat youholdinyourhandand use forsendingout aliquidorobject:
喷射器，喷射枪aspraygun喷枪
See also
staple gun
hired gunmainlyUSinformal
apersonwho ispaidtoshootandkillsomeone
受雇杀人的枪手- Sheraisedher gun, tookaimandfired.
- This man isdesperateand should not beapproachedas he may have a gun.
- Hisfingerprintswere all over the gun.
- Suddenly thedoorburstopenandpoliceofficerscarryinggunsrushedin.
Handguns & rifles
- .22
- .45
- air pistol
- air rifle
- airgun
- carbine
- colt
- firearm
- flamethrower
- gat
- pistol
- ray gun
- revolver
- rifle
- Saturday night special
- starting pistol
- stun gun
- submachine gun
- tommy gun
- Uzi
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Athletics
Tools
Murderers & attackers
gunnoun[C](MUSCLES)
gunsinformal
armswithlargemuscles:
He wasshowingoff his guns in atightT-shirt.
Here's agreatworkoutforyourguns.
- Youknowwhat they say, "Sun's out, guns out."
- You don't have to havebigguns and asix-packtointerestwomen.
The arm
- acromial
- acromioclavicular
- acromion
- alar
- anconeus
- appendage
- cubital
- forearm
- glenohumeral
- glenoid
- infraglenoid
- infraspinatous
- supraclavicular
- supraglenoid
- suprascapular
- supraspinatous
- supraspinatus
- triceps
- ulna
- underarm
Idioms
be under the gun
with guns blazing
gun
verb[T]
mainlyUSold-fashionedinformaluk/ɡʌn/us/ɡʌn/-nn-to make anengineoperateat ahigherspeed:
使加速，使高速运转You must have been really gunning theengineto get here ontime.你竟然准时到这儿了，肯定是一路飞驰而来。
On the road: driving & operating road vehicles
- aquaplaning
- backsomeoneup
- behind the wheelidiom
- bike
- biting point
- boxed in
- branch off
- coast
- drive off
- DWI
- jam
- pullsomeoneup shortidiom
- run away withsomeone
- satnav
- self-driving
- snow chains
- steer
- steerable
- undertake
- undertaking
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Increasing and decreasing speed of motion
Moving quickly
Idioms
be gunning forsomeone
be gunning forsomething
Phrasal verb
gunsomeonedown