rifle
rifle 英 [ˈraɪfl] 美 [ˈraɪfəl]
n. 步枪；来复枪 vt. 用步枪射击；抢夺；偷走
进行时:rifling 过去式:rifled 过去分词:rifled 第三人称单数:rifles 名词复数:rifles
- A rifle is a long, powerful gun that is fired from the shoulder. A soldier is most often armed with a rifle.
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- n. 步枪；来复枪
- vt. 用步枪射击；抢夺；偷走
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1. The old rifle ranged over 600 metres only.
旧式步枪的射程仅达600米。
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2. This rifle can chamber short or long cartridges.
这种来复枪的枪膛可以装短弹或长弹。
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3. The rifle is able to throw a bullet about 4 miles.
这把来复枪可以把子弹射出大约4英里。
- rifle (n.) 1775, "portable firearm having a spirally grooved bore," used earlier of the grooves themselves (1751), noun use of rifled (pistol), 1680s, from verb meaning "to cut spiral grooves in" (a gun barrel); see rifle (v.2).
- rifle (v.1) "to plunder," early 14c. (implied in rifling), from Old French rifler "strip, filch, plunder, peel off (skin or bark), fleece," literally "to graze, scratch" (12c.), probably from a Germanic source (compare Old English geriflian "to wrinkle," Old High German riffilon "to tear by rubbing," Old Norse rifa "to tear, break"). Related: Rifled; rifling.
- rifle (v.2) "to cut spiral grooves in" (a gun barrel), 1630s, probably from French rifler, from Old French rifler "to scratch or groove" (see rifle (v.1)). Related: Rifled; rifling.
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