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单词 gunman
释义
gunmangun‧man /ˈɡʌnmən/ ●●○ noun (plural gunmen /-mən/) [countable] Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Hooded gunmen burst into a home in Lima on Sunday and shot to death at least 15 people.
  • Two gunmen opened fire on a bus taking children to school.
  • Was President Kennedy killed by a lone gunman, or was there a conspiracy?
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Four died when gunmen opened fire on a pick-up truck loaded with people near Port Shepstone in southern Natal.
  • He even found himself liking the gunman in an abstract way, despite Gomez's future role as his executioner.
  • In general, most famous Western gunmen were town people.
  • In Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, gunmen reportedly seized 30 workers at an electrical power plant.
  • Mr Gallagher, a SinnFein member, was the first of six men murdered by loyalist gunmen in the past two days.
  • Poole finally abandoned Cassidy when a gunman opened fire from the window of a nearby hotel.
  • She flung herself at the gunman, who was then felled by police fire.
  • They were shot by one or more gunmen ostensibly delivering a painting, business people said.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorsomeone who uses a gun
someone who uses a gun to kill someone - use this especially about a criminal or someone who is using a gun illegally: · Two gunmen opened fire on a bus taking children to school.· Was President Kennedy killed by a lone gunman, or was there a conspiracy?· Hooded gunmen burst into a home in Lima on Sunday and shot to death at least 15 people.
someone who hides, especially in a high place, and shoots at enemy soldiers: · Weapons were found at three locations believed to be used by snipers.· A sniper's bullet pierced his windshield and hit him in the eye.
someone who is very well trained and very skilful at using a gun, either for sport or for their job with the army or the police: · Police marksmen surrounded the building.· A marksman was called in to try and hit the enemy's machine gun post.
someone who is a good or bad shot is good or bad at shooting: · You'd have to be a really good shot to get that bird from here.· I used to be the best shot in the whole school.
WORD SETS
car bomb, noundefuse, verbdevice, noundisarm, verbexplosion, nounexplosive, nounfuse, nounguerrilla, noungunman, noungunpowder, noungun-running, nounletter bomb, nounmine, nounmine, verbminefield, nounMolotov cocktail, nounparamilitary, adjectivepetrol bomb, nounSemtex, nounterror, nounterrorism, nounterrorist, nountime bomb, noun
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
 a lone gunman
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· The names of the deputy and the dead gunman were not released.· In Medellin, two employees of the El Espectador newspaper were shot dead by gunmen.· Three protestors supporting President Gamsakhurdia have been shot dead by gunmen in Tblisi.
· But even proponents of the lone gunman theory acknowledge the wealth of interests served by Kabila's removal.· A lone gunman with an apparent grudge can do great harm.· Suddenly, a lone gunman appeared.· Did lone gunmen commit both murders, as initial investigations concluded?· So much for the lone gunman theory.
· Mr Gallagher, a SinnFein member, was the first of six men murdered by loyalist gunmen in the past two days.· If the security forces are thick on the ground and loyalist gunmen commit murder it is the result of collusion.· Retaliation by loyalist gunmen must be avoided at all costs.
· The unidentified gunmen have demanded a £1.2m ransom, he said.
VERB
· Another journalist, the Batman-based correspondent of the Yeni Ulke newspaper, was killed by gunmen on Feb. 24.· Another guy I knew really did threaten to have his personal enemies killed by hired gunmen after the war.· Police speculated that they had been killed by the same gunmen.· Stormed Earlier, in Soweto township, south-west of Johannesburg, four people were killed when gunmen stormed into a taxi-association meeting.· La Tribune and Le Matin said security forces later in the day had killed all the gunmen responsible.· The children were killed when masked gunmen opened fire on the minibus taking them to school.· Victims of the intensifying violence included two nephews of Mandela killed by gunmen at their home in Soweto on May 3.
· Lima was shot by two gunmen on a motorcycle which approached his car in Mondello, near Palermo, Sicily.· He initially told police he had been walking down the street when he was shot by an unknown gunman.· In Medellin, two employees of the El Espectador newspaper were shot dead by gunmen.· Three protestors supporting President Gamsakhurdia have been shot dead by gunmen in Tblisi.
a criminal who uses a gun
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