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单词 kiss the gunner's daughter
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gun /gun/

noun
  1. A weapon containing a tube from which projectiles are discharged, usu by explosion
  2. A cannon, rifle, revolver, etc
  3. A device for spraying, squirting, or otherwise propelling material
  4. A signal by gun
  5. A person who carries a gun, a member of a shooting-party
  6. A professional killer (US inf)
  7. The throttle of an aircraft (slang)
  8. The accelerator of a car (slang)
  9. (slang usu in pl) a well-developed bicep muscle
  10. An expert or champion, esp in shearing (Aust and NZ informal)
transitive verb (gunnˈing; gunned)
  1. To shoot (with down)
  2. To shoot at
  3. To provide with guns
  4. To open the throttle of, to increase speed (also give the gun; slang)
  5. To rev up (an engine) noisily (slang)
intransitive verb
  1. To shoot
  2. To go shooting
adjective (Aust and NZ)

Expert, pre-eminent

ORIGIN: ME gonne, prob from Gunna used as a pet name for an engine of war, poss from the woman's name Gunhild (ON gunnr war, and hildr war)

gunˈless adjective

gunnˈage noun

The number of guns carried by a warship

gunnˈer noun

  1. A person who works a gun
  2. A private in the artillery
  3. A branch officer in charge of naval ordnance (nautical)
  4. An aircraftman who works a gun in a bomber

gunnˈery noun

The art of managing guns, or the science of artillery

gunnˈing noun

gun barrel noun

The tube of a gun

gunˈboat noun

A small vessel of light draught, fitted to carry one or more guns (gunboat diplomacy the show or threat of (orig naval) force in international negotiation)

gun carriage noun

A carriage on which a cannon is mounted

gunˈcotton noun

An explosive prepared by saturating cotton with nitric and sulphuric acids

gun deck noun

A deck in old warships carrying guns below the main deck (earlier below spar deck)

gun dog noun

A dog trained to work with a shooting-party

gunˈfight noun

A fight involving two or more people with guns, esp formerly in the old American West (also intransitive verb)

gunˈfighter noun

gunˈfire noun

  1. The firing of guns
  2. The bullets fired
  3. The hour at which the morning or evening gun is fired (military and nautical)
  4. An early-morning cup of tea, esp one laced with rum (milit sl)

gunˈflint noun

A piece of flint fitted to the hammer of a flintlock musket

gunˈhouse noun

A protective shelter for a gun, and gunner, on a warship

gunˈlayer noun

A person who sets the sights of a ship's gun

gunˈlock noun

The mechanism in some guns by which the charge is exploded

gunˈmaker noun

gunˈman noun

A man who carries a gun, esp an armed criminal

gunˈmetal noun

  1. An alloy of copper and tin or zinc in the proportion of about 9 to 1, once used in making cannon
  2. Any of various metals used in imitation of this
  3. Any of various colours with a metallic sheen

gun moll noun (slang)

  1. A woman who associates with criminals
  2. A gangster's moll

gunˈplay noun

The use of guns, esp in a fight or display of skill

gunˈpoint noun

The muzzle, or directed aim, of a gun (at gunpoint see below)

gunˈport noun

A porthole or similar opening for a gun

gunˈpowder noun

  1. An explosive mixture of saltpetre, sulphur and charcoal
  2. A type of green China tea

gunˈroom noun

  1. A room where guns are kept
  2. On board ship, orig the gunner's apartment, now a mess-room for junior officers

gunˈrunner noun

gunˈrunning noun

Smuggling guns into a country

gunˈship noun

An armed ship, helicopter, etc

gunˈshot noun

  1. A shot fired from a gun
  2. The distance to which shot can be propelled from a gun, the range of a gun

adjective

Caused by the shot of a gun

gunˈ-shy adjective

Frightened by guns or by the sound of guns (also figurative)

gunˈsight noun

A device helping the user of a gun to aim at a target

gunˈslinger noun (informal)

A gunfighter

gunˈsmith noun

A workman who makes or repairs guns or small arms

gunˈstick noun

A ramrod

gunˈstock noun

The piece on which the barrel of a gun is fixed

gunˈstone noun (Shakespeare)

A stone shot

as sure as a gun

Quite sure, certainly

at gunpoint

Under, or using, the threat of injury or death from a gun

beat the gun

To jump the gun (see under jump1)

blow great guns

(of wind) to blow tempestuously

go great guns (informal)

To function, be carried out, etc with great success, speed, efficiency, etc

great gun

  1. A cannon (obsolete)
  2. (also big gun) a person of great importance (informal)

gun for

  1. To seek, try to obtain
  2. To seek to ruin or destroy

hired gun (informal)

  1. A gunman hired to kill for a fee
  2. A mercenary, professional fighter or killer
  3. A person hired to destroy the opposition, or some unwelcome party, on behalf of another

kiss the gunner's daughter

To be tied to a gun for a flogging

son of a gun

  1. A soldier's bastard son (obsolete)
  2. A rogue, rascal (slang)
  3. Used as an affectionate greeting
  4. An interjection expressing surprise or frustration (N American)

spike someone's guns see under spike1

stick (or stand) to one's guns

To maintain one's position staunchly

kiss /kis/

transitive verb
  1. To caress or greet by touching with the lips
  2. (of an inanimate object) to touch gently
intransitive verb
  1. To greet by touching with the lips
  2. (of two people) to press their lips together, esp as an expression of affection or sexual love
  3. To touch lightly
  4. (of snooker or billiard balls) to touch gently while moving
noun
  1. A caress, greeting, etc by touching with the lips
  2. A light touch, esp by a moving snooker ball on another
  3. A melt-in-the-mouth biscuit, etc
  4. A drop of sealing wax
ORIGIN: OE cyssan to kiss, from coss a kiss; Ger küssen, Dan kys; related to choose and gust2

kissˈable adjective

kissˈer noun

  1. A person who kisses
  2. The mouth (slang)

kissˈogram or kissˈagram noun

A service whereby a kiss is delivered to a specific person (eg on their birthday) by a kissogram girl (or man) usu in glamorous or unusual costume

kissˈ-curl noun

A flat, circular curl at the side of the forehead

kissing bug noun

Any of several N and S American biting insects which attack victims' lips and cheeks

kissˈing-comˈfit noun

A perfumed comfit for sweetening the breath

kissing cousin noun

A more or less distant relation with whom one is on familiar enough terms to kiss on meeting

kissˈing-crust noun

That part of the upper crust of a loaf which overhangs and touches another

kissing disease noun (informal)

Glandular fever

kissing gate noun

A gate set in a V- or U-shaped enclosure

kissˈing-strings plural noun

Cap or bonnet strings tied under the chin

kiss-in-the-ringˈ noun

An old game in which one person kisses another after a chase round a ring of players

kissˈ-me or kissˈ-me-quick noun

  1. The wild-pansy or other plant
  2. A short veil
  3. A small bonnet

kiss of death noun (informal)

Something that causes failure, destruction, etc

kissˈ-off noun (slang)

A sudden, usu offensive dismissal

kiss of life noun

  1. In first aid, a mouth-to-mouth method of restoring breathing (cf Schafer's method)
  2. A means of restoring vitality or vigour (figurative)

kiss of peace noun

A kiss of greeting between the members of the early, and some branches of the modern, Church

kiss and make up (informal)

To become reconciled (also kissˈ-and-make-up adjective)

kiss and tell (informal)

To give an exposé of one's sexual adventures (kissˈ-and-tell adjective)

kiss goodbye to (informal)

To relinquish all hope of

kiss hands

To kiss the sovereign's hands on acceptance of office

kiss off (slang)

  1. To dismiss
  2. To kill
  3. To die

kiss (someone's) arse or (N American) ass (slang)

  1. To be obsequious or sycophantic (towards someone)
  2. (in imperative; offensive) get lost, go away

kiss the book

To kiss a Bible or New Testament, in England, after taking a legal oath

kiss the gunner's daughter

To get a flogging, tied to the breech of a cannon

kiss the rod

To submit to punishment
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