| 单词 | soft nose |
| 释义 | > as lemmassoft nose soft nose adj. and n. (a) adj. designating a bullet whose jacket does not fully cover its tip, exposing the soft lead inside so that the bullet will expand on impact; (b) n. a bullet of this type; (also as a mass noun) bullets of this type. ΚΠ 1896 Field & Stream 18 Apr. 317/2 By using a soft nose bullet and 50grs. each of Hazard's No. 4 and No. 2 ducking powder one can make a cartridge that more than equals in power the 120 grs. Sharps factory-made cartridge. 1954 J. Corbett Temple Tiger 193 My first bullet, a .275 soft-nose with split nickel case fired on 7 April, was bushed and firmly fixed in the ball-and-socket joint of the tigress's right shoulder. 1959 Progress (Clearfield, Pa.) 9 Nov. 8/4 (advt.) Ammunition for both—In military or soft nose. 2011 S. Calabi in M. B. Mandel Hemmingway & Afr. ii. 101 Hemmingway knew that a soft-nose bullet would probably deform and stop before doing much damage to such a massive animal. < as lemmas |
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