| 单词 | soft-nosed |
| 释义 | > as lemmassoft-nosed soft-nosed 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; = soft-point adj. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [adjective] > types of bullet or shot chained1613 steel-piercing1624 chawed1644 studded1865 soft-nosed1893 hollow-fronted1899 mushroomed1901 hollow-pointed1902 spitzer1905 hollow-nosed1909 1893 Colonies & India 3 Aug. 20/1 The disadvantages of the Lee-Metford rifle could be overcome by serving out soft-nosed bullets. 1979 J. Blackburn Sins of Father xviii. 155 Dumdums; soft-nosed bullets... Banned by the Geneva Convention. 2006 S. M. Stirling Sky People xi. 242 What one of those heavy, high-velocity, soft-nosed big-game bullets did wasn't pretty. < as lemmas |
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