单词 | bayonet |
释义 | bayonet (once / 675 pages) nv A bayonet is a knife attached to the end of a rifle. This makes the rifle capable of even more violence than before. This handy extension to the business end of a rifle gets its name from the French city of Bayonne. It's thought to have developed when French peasantry ran out of ammo and stuffed their knives into the muzzles of their muskets. A bayonet makes the rife more versatile: besides shooting people at a distance, it's now more deadly in hand to hand combat. With a bayonet, you've got a gun and knife in one package. WORD FAMILYbayonet: bayoneted, bayoneting, bayonets, bayonetted, bayonetting USAGE EXAMPLESDouglas’s handsome, unsmiling face is set like a bayonet of contempt. The Guardian(Dec 09, 2016) He was wounded three times: shrapnel in his arm, a bayonet to his left wrist and a shattered ear drum from a grenade explosion. Seattle Times(Dec 03, 2016) Under the Obama administration’s restrictions, items like grenade launchers, bayonets and armored tracked vehicles were banned from transfer to police departments. Washington Times(Nov 27, 2016) 1n a knife that can be fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon Hyper knife a weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point 2v stab or kill someone with a bayonet Hyper knife, stab use a knife on |
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