英语词汇“to give a gun”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. to give a broadside, to give a volley, to give a shot: see the nouns to give fire: see fire n. and int. Phrases 2c. Also to give a gun: to order a gun to be fired; sometimes const. dative (or †to), implying that it is done as an honour, as a help (occasionally as a hostile demonstration). Colloquial phrase to give (her, it, etc.) the gun: to cause (a vehicle) to accelerate; to open the throttle of (an engine). Originally U.S.

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society > armed hostility > military organization > orders > give order [verb (intransitive)] > order gun to be fired

to give a gun1605

1605 Journ. Earl Nottingham in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) II. 541 His Lordship gave many pieces of ordnance, which were again received and answered from the town and forts.

1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 24 Wind vp the slaine..giue three peeces for their funerals.

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 21 We gaue them a-sterne, two Gunnes as warning peeces of great danger, and tackt about.

1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais Pantagruel's Voy.: 4th Bk. Wks. iv. lxvi. 266 The Gunners..gave every one a Gun to the Island.

1836 F. Marryat Three Cutters iv, in Pirate & Three Cutters 268 Give her a gun.

1917 B. K. Adams Let. 10 Oct. (1918) 35 He..saw that he wasn't going to even reach the aerodrome, so he gave her the gun, but the engine wouldn't pick up.

1919 Red Cross Mag. Feb. 30/2 He ‘gave her the gun’—speeded up the engine—but the altimeter told him instantly that he was falling fast.

1945 G. Casey in Coast to Coast 1944 6 He gave it the gun and went ahead.

1968 ‘G. Bagby’ Corpse Candle iv. 47 She slid behind the wheel, gave her hearse the gun, swung it around.

单词	to give a gun
释义	> as lemmas to give a gun c. to give a broadside, to give a volley, to give a shot: see the nouns to give fire: see fire n. and int. Phrases 2c. Also to give a gun: to order a gun to be fired; sometimes const. dative (or †to), implying that it is done as an honour, as a help (occasionally as a hostile demonstration). Colloquial phrase to give (her, it, etc.) the gun: to cause (a vehicle) to accelerate; to open the throttle of (an engine). Originally U.S. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > orders > give order [verb (intransitive)] > order gun to be fired to give a gun1605 1605 Journ. Earl Nottingham in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) II. 541 His Lordship gave many pieces of ordnance, which were again received and answered from the town and forts. 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 24 Wind vp the slaine..giue three peeces for their funerals. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 21 We gaue them a-sterne, two Gunnes as warning peeces of great danger, and tackt about. 1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais Pantagruel's Voy.: 4th Bk. Wks. iv. lxvi. 266 The Gunners..gave every one a Gun to the Island. 1836 F. Marryat Three Cutters iv, in Pirate & Three Cutters 268 Give her a gun. 1917 B. K. Adams Let. 10 Oct. (1918) 35 He..saw that he wasn't going to even reach the aerodrome, so he gave her the gun, but the engine wouldn't pick up. 1919 Red Cross Mag. Feb. 30/2 He ‘gave her the gun’—speeded up the engine—but the altimeter told him instantly that he was falling fast. 1945 G. Casey in Coast to Coast 1944 6 He gave it the gun and went ahead. 1968 ‘G. Bagby’ Corpse Candle iv. 47 She slid behind the wheel, gave her hearse the gun, swung it around. extracted from givev. < as lemmas
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