单词 | at half-cock |
释义 | at half-cock1(Of a gun) with the cock partly raised.We test that by putting the hammer at half-cock, then suspending the gun by the trigger, so that the entire weight of the gun is bearing on the half-cock....
1.1When only partly ready: the postponement saved the army from setting off another attack at half-cock...
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