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单词 submachine gun
释义

submachine gun

[ suhb-muh-sheen-guhn ]
/ ˌsʌb məˈʃin ˌgʌn /
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noun

a lightweight automatic or semiautomatic gun, fired from the shoulder or hip. Abbreviation: SMG

Origin of submachine gun

First recorded in 1915–20; sub- + machine gun

Words nearby submachine gun

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Example sentences from the Web for submachine gun

  • She walked behind him, down the slope toward the light, her submachine-gun at his back.

    The Sensitive Man|Poul William Anderson
  • Cardon's submachine-gun ceased firing, the action open on an empty clip.

    Null-ABC|Henry Beam Piper and John Joseph McGuire

British Dictionary definitions for submachine gun

sub-machine-gun

noun

a portable automatic or semiautomatic light gun with a short barrel, firing pistol ammunition: designed to be fired from the hip or shoulder
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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