| 单词 | rifle |
| 释义 | rifle (once / 150 pages) 1n 2v A rifle is a long, powerful gun that is fired from the shoulder. A soldier is most often armed with a rifle. Some hunters use rifles, which fire single bullets rather than the small pellets, or shot, that shotguns fire. A rifle can do more damage and is therefore often used in the military. The name comes from the shape of the barrel, which is grooved — or rifled, from the Old French word rifler, "to scratch or groove." Another meaning of rifle comes from the same root but means "to search through things in a hurried way." WORD FAMILYrifle: rifled, rifles, rifling+/rifled: unrifled/rifling: riflings 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) Her “aha moment” as a craftsman didn’t happen until a chance meeting eight years ago with an engraver of rifles and knives. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) Morales is suspected of stealing six military rifles and 10 handguns from a U.S. Reuters(Jan 02, 2017) 1 n a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore 2he lifted the rifle to his shoulder and fired Hypo|Hyper carbine light automatic rifle Garand, Garand rifle, M-1, M-1 riflea semiautomatic rifle precision rifle, sniper riflean extremely powerful rifle developed for the military; capable of destroying light armored vehicles and aircraft more than a mile away Winchestera shoulder rifle Dragunova sniper rifle with a telescopic sight firearm, piece, small-arm a portable gun 1v go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way Who rifled through my desk drawers? Syn|Hyper go search subject to a search 2v steal goods; take as spoils Syn|Hypo|Hyper despoil, foray, loot, pillage, plunder, ransack, reave, strip deplume, displume strip of honors, possessions, or attributes take take by force |
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