| 释义 |
at full cock(Of a gun) with the cock lifted to the position at which the trigger will act: he wore a leather holster, the automatic slung at full cock butt-forward...- In most of its usage, that term denotes a part that holds the hammer at full cock until the trigger moves it to the release point.
- The hammer should be returned to the half-cock safety position when the action is closed rather than leaving it at full cock.
- He was making a vigilant circumspection of the forest, his shotgun held in both hands and at full cock, his finger upon the trigger.
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