| 单词 | carbine |
| 释义 | carbine /kahr"been, -buyn/, n. 1. a light, gas-operated semiautomatic rifle. 2. (formerly) a short rifle used in the cavalry. [1595-1605; earlier carabine < MF: small harquebus, weapon borne by a carabin a lightly armed cavalryman, compared with (e)scarabin gravedigger for plague victims ( < Pr, akin to F escarbot cockchafer, dung beetle << L scarabaeus SCARAB), though semantic change is unclear] |
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