blowgun
enUKblow·gun
B0339900 (blō′gŭn′)blowgun
(ˈbləʊˌɡʌn)blow•gun
(ˈbloʊˌgʌn)n.
| Noun | 1. |  blowgun - a tube through which darts can be shot by blowing |
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| 释义 | blowgunenUKblow·gunB0339900 (blō′gŭn′)blowgun(ˈbləʊˌɡʌn)blow•gun(ˈbloʊˌgʌn)n.
blowgunenUKblowgun,hollow tube from which a dart or an arrow is blown by a person's breath. The arrow was usually tipped with a poison, such as curarecurare, any of a variety of substances originally used as arrow poisons by Native South Americans in hunting and in warfare. The main active substance of curare, tubocurarine, is an alkaloid extracted from Chondodendron tomentosum, Strychnos toxifera, ..... Click the link for more information. , which would stun or kill the struck prey. Blowguns were widely used by prehistoric peoples. In modern times they are still employed in SE Asia and by some indigenous peoples of the Amazon and Guiana regions of N South America. Blowgunan ancient weapon used for hunting (primarily birds) and sometimes for fighting. The blowgun is a tube measuring 1.5–3 m long, usually enclosed in another larger tube. Darts coated with a plant poison are ejected by the pressure of the air blown into the opposite end of the tube. The darts travel a distance of 30–40 m. Blowguns are still used in the inland regions of the islands of Sumatra and Kalimantan, in the tropical forests of the Malacca peninsula, and in South America. The blowgun was used more widely in the past; it was used, for example, by a number of tribes in the southeastern part of North America. blowgunenUK
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