guns
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n. 枪; 炮; 喷射器; 喷枪; 起跑信号; 发令枪声 v. 快速运转; 使(车辆)加速 gun的第三人称单数和复数
柯林斯词典
N-COUNT 枪;炮 A gun is a weapon from which bullets or other things are fired.
He produced a gun and he came into the house... 他掏出枪来,走进房子。 The inner-city has guns and crime and drugs and deprivation. 市中心的贫民区充斥着滥用枪支、犯罪、吸毒和贫困问题。 ...gun control laws. 枪支管制法
N-COUNT 发令枪 A gun or a starting gun is an object like a gun that is used to make a noise to signal the start of a race.
The starting gun blasted and they were off. 发令枪响了,他们冲了出去。
VERB 把…发动起来;给…加大油门;使加速 To gun an engine or a vehicle means to make it start or go faster by pressing on the accelerator pedal.
He gunned his engine and drove off. 他发动引擎,驱车而去。
See also: airgun machine-gun shotgun sub-machine gun
PHRASE 全力以赴;鼓足干劲 If you come out with guns blazing or with all guns blazing , you put all your effort and energy into trying to achieve something.
The company came out with guns blazing. 公司鼓足了劲要大干一番。
PHRASE 抢先行动;过早地行动 If you jump the gun , you do something before everyone else or before the proper or right time.
It wasn't due to be released until September 10, but some booksellers have jumped the gun and decided to sell it early. 这本书定于9月10号发行,但是一些书商已抢先一步,决定提前销售。
PHRASE 坚持自己的立场;固执己见;一意孤行 If you stick to your guns , you continue to have your own opinion about something even though other people are trying to tell you that you are wrong.
He should have stuck to his guns and refused to meet her. 他本应坚持己见,拒绝与她会面。
双语例句
Government troops broke up the protest by firing their guns in the air 政府军队朝天鸣枪驱散了抗议人群。
They possess a formidable arsenal of rifles, machine guns, landmines and teargas. 他们持有的步枪、机枪、地雷和***数量惊人。
They stopped beside a battery of abandoned guns. 他们在一排废弃火炮旁停了下来。
Guns were blazing, flares going up and the sky was lit up all around 炮火不断,信号弹此起彼伏,四周的天空都被照亮了。
They blitzed the capital with tanks, artillery, anti-aircraft weapons and machine guns. 他们动用坦克、大炮、防空武器和机关枪奇袭了首都。
Supporters of the death penalty argue that it would deter criminals from carrying guns 死刑的支持者认为它能阻吓罪犯携带枪支。
Soldiers were still using dummy weapons because real guns were not yet available. 士兵们还在用仿制的武器,因为还搞不到真家伙。
The country did not possess the modern guns to equip the reserve army properly. 该国没有现代枪炮来给预备役部队提供适当装备。
If a guy hunts and owns guns, what do you expect? 如果一个人打猎而且还有自己的枪,你还想指望什么?
New guns firing high explosive shells were incorporated into the battlefield 发射高爆弹的新型大炮在战场上得到了使用。
He should have stuck to his guns and refused to meet her. 他本应坚持己见,拒绝与她会面。
It is hard to get hold of guns in this country. 在这个国家里要搞到枪支是很困难的。
When we asked to see more we were refused. Indeed we were escorted away by men with guns. 当我们要求进一步参观时却被拒绝了。实际上,我们是被一些带枪的人护送离开的。
The soldiers — all of whom we knew as neighbours — stood around pointing guns at us. 那些士兵——我们都视之为邻居的人——站在四周用枪指着我们。
He said thousands of Koreans still levelled guns at one another along the demilitarised zone between them. 他说在非军事区两边仍然有数以千计的韩国和朝鲜军人用枪互相瞄准对方。
They used light machine guns and AK forty-sevens. 他们使用了轻机枪和AK—47步枪。
The two sides joined battle once again using artillery, mortars and heavy machine guns. 双方使用火炮、迫击炮和重机枪再次交战。
Hand-held guns proved no match for heavy armor. 结果证明,手持枪械无法同重型装甲抗衡。
Some of the guns were melted down and used to help build a statue 一些枪炮被回炉后用来建造了一座雕像。
The noise of bombs and guns was incessant ***和枪炮接连不断。
They are proscribed by federal law from owning guns. 根据联邦法律的规定,他们不准拥有枪支。
New Yorkers rap about parties and clubs, I rap about car chases and guns. 纽约人在说唱音乐中表现晚会和俱乐部的情景,我则说唱飞车追逐和枪战的情景。
Soldiers came charging through the forest, guns at the ready. 荷枪实弹的士兵穿过林区冲了上来。
Thousands of Europe's tanks and guns are going to the scrap heap. 欧洲成千上万的坦克和枪支将被淘汰。
The heavy guns have again fallen silent. 重型枪炮的声音又一次安静了下来。
The demonstrators fled when soldiers toting machine guns advanced on the crowd. 当持有机枪的士兵向人群进逼时,示威者逃散了。
He may have been eclipsed by the young guns, but his films are still very popular. 年轻一辈的光芒可能会让他显得有些黯然失色,但他的电影仍旧十分受欢迎。
They fired ( their guns) at [ on, upon] the enemy. 他们向敌人开炮。
They captured three machine guns. 他们缴了三挺机枪。