| 单词 | pistol |
| 释义 | pistol (once / 230 pages) n A pistol is a small handgun. Unlike a shotgun or a rifle, you can hold and fire a pistol with one hand. Sometimes the word pistol is used for any handgun, but many people distinguish between the pistol, with its single chamber, and the revolver, which has a cylinder that rotates and holds many bullets. The earliest pistols were used in sixteenth century Europe, and the English word comes from the Middle French pistolet, meaning both "small firearm" and "small dagger." You can also call someone who's full of energy a pistol. WORD FAMILYpistol: pistoleer, pistolled, pistolling, pistols USAGE EXAMPLESThe men learn to fire a Kalashnikov rifle and Makarov pistol, apply a tourniquet and storm a room in tactical formation. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Deputies told State Police investigators that they gunned down Senegal after he pointed a pistol at them. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) When the gunman pointed the pistol at him, he told the teenager to run away. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) n a firearm that is held and fired with one hand Syn|Hypo|Hyper handgun, shooting iron, side arm automatic, automatic pistol a pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone or the trigger is released derringera pocket pistol of large caliber with a short barrel forty-fivea .45-caliber pistol gat, roda gangster's pistol horse pistol, horse-pistola large pistol (usually in a holster) formerly carried by horsemen peacekeeperthe pistol of a law officer in the old West revolver, six-gun, six-shootera pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets) Saturday night speciala cheap handgun that is easily obtained semiautomatic, semiautomatic pistola pistol that is a semiautomatic firearm capable of loading and firing continuously Verey pistol, Very pistola pistol for firing Very-light flares zip guna crude homemade pistol Colta kind of revolver Lugera German semiautomatic pistol firearm, piece, small-arm a portable gun |
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