gun 音标拼音: [g'ʌn]
n .
v . 枪,炮;枪杀,枪毙
n . 要人,大人物
枪,炮;枪杀,枪毙要人,大人物
gun 枪
gun n 1 :
a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (
especially from a metal tube or barrel )
2 :
large but transportable armament [
synonym : {
artillery }, {
heavy weapon }, {
gun }, {
ordnance }]
3 :
a person who shoots a gun (
as regards their ability ) [
synonym :
{
gunman }, {
gun }]
4 :
a professional killer who uses a gun [
synonym : {
gunman },
{
gunslinger }, {
hired gun }, {
gun }, {
gun for hire },
{
triggerman }, {
hit man }, {
hitman }, {
torpedo }, {
shooter }]
5 :
a hand -
operated pump that resembles a revolver ;
forces grease into parts of a machine [
synonym : {
grease -
gun }, {
gun }]
6 :
a pedal that controls the throttle valve ; "
he stepped on the gas " [
synonym : {
accelerator }, {
accelerator pedal }, {
gas pedal },
{
gas }, {
throttle }, {
gun }]
7 :
the discharge of a firearm as signal or as a salute in military ceremonies ; "
two runners started before the gun "; "
a twenty gun salute "
v 1 :
shoot with a gun Gin \
Gin \ (
g [
i ^]
n ),
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Gan } (
g [
a ^]
n ), {
Gon }
(
g [
o ^]
n ),
or {
Gun } (
g [
u ^]
n );
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Ginning }.] [
OE .
ginnen ,
AS .
ginnan (
in comp .),
prob .
orig .,
to open ,
cut open ,
cf .
OHG .
inginnan to begin ,
open ,
cut open ,
and prob .
akin to AS .
g [
imac ]
nan to yawn ,
and E .
yawn . [
root ]
31 .
See {
Yawn },
v .
i .,
and cf . {
Begin }.]
To begin ; --
often followed by an infinitive without to ;
as ,
gan tell .
See {
Gan }. [
Obs .
or Archaic ] "
He gan to pray ."
--
Chaucer .
[
1913 Webster ]
Gun \
Gun \ (
g [
u ^]
n ),
n . [
OE .
gonne ,
gunne ;
of uncertain origin ;
cf .
Ir .,
Gael ., &
LL .
gunna ,
W .
gum ;
possibly (
like cannon )
fr .
L .
canna reed ,
tube ;
or abbreviated fr .
OF .
mangonnel ,
E .
mangonel ,
a machine for hurling stones .]
1 .
A weapon which throws or propels a missile to a distance ;
any firearm or instrument for throwing projectiles ,
consisting of a tube or barrel closed at one end ,
in which the projectile is placed ,
with an explosive charge (
such as guncotton or gunpowder )
behind ,
which is ignited by various means .
Pistols ,
rifles ,
carbines ,
muskets ,
and fowling pieces are smaller guns ,
for hand use ,
and are called {
small arms }.
Larger guns are called {
cannon },
{
ordnance }, {
fieldpieces }, {
carronades }, {
howitzers },
etc .
See these terms in the Vocabulary .
[
1913 Webster ]
As swift as a pellet out of a gunne When fire is in the powder runne . --
Chaucer .
[
1913 Webster ]
The word gun was in use in England for an engine to cast a thing from a man long before there was any gunpowder found out . --
Selden .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Mil .)
A piece of heavy ordnance ;
in a restricted sense ,
a cannon .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
pl . (
Naut .)
Violent blasts of wind .
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
Guns are classified ,
according to their construction or manner of loading as {
rifled }
or {
smoothbore },
{
breech -
loading }
or {
muzzle -
loading }, {
cast }
or {
built -
up guns };
or according to their use ,
as {
field },
{
mountain }, {
prairie }, {
seacoast },
and {
siege guns }.
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Armstrong gun },
a wrought iron breech -
loading cannon named after its English inventor ,
Sir William Armstrong .
{
Big gun }
or {
Great gun },
a piece of heavy ordnance ;
hence (
Fig .),
a person superior in any way ;
as ,
bring in the big guns to tackle the problem .
{
Gun barrel },
the barrel or tube of a gun .
{
Gun carriage },
the carriage on which a gun is mounted or moved .
{
Gun cotton } (
Chem .),
a general name for a series of explosive nitric ethers of cellulose ,
obtained by steeping cotton in nitric and sulphuric acids .
Although there are formed substances containing nitric acid radicals ,
yet the results exactly resemble ordinary cotton in appearance .
It burns without ash ,
with explosion if confined ,
but quietly and harmlessly if free and open ,
and in small quantity .
Specifically ,
the lower nitrates of cellulose which are insoluble in ether and alcohol in distinction from the highest (
pyroxylin )
which is soluble .
See {
Pyroxylin },
and cf . {
Xyloidin }.
The gun cottons are used for blasting and somewhat in gunnery :
for making celluloid when compounded with camphor ;
and the soluble variety (
pyroxylin )
for making collodion .
See {
Celluloid },
and {
Collodion }.
Gun cotton is frequenty but improperly called {
nitrocellulose }.
It is not a nitro compound ,
but an ester of nitric acid .
{
Gun deck }.
See under {
Deck }.
{
Gun fire },
the time at which the morning or the evening gun is fired .
{
Gun metal },
a bronze ,
ordinarily composed of nine parts of copper and one of tin ,
used for cannon ,
etc .
The name is also given to certain strong mixtures of cast iron .
{
Gun port } (
Naut .),
an opening in a ship through which a cannon '
s muzzle is run out for firing .
{
Gun tackle } (
Naut .),
the blocks and pulleys affixed to the side of a ship ,
by which a gun carriage is run to and from the gun port .
{
Gun tackle purchase } (
Naut .),
a tackle composed of two single blocks and a fall . --
Totten .
{
Krupp gun },
a wrought steel breech -
loading cannon ,
named after its German inventor ,
Herr Krupp .
{
Machine gun },
a breech -
loading gun or a group of such guns ,
mounted on a carriage or other holder ,
and having a reservoir containing cartridges which are loaded into the gun or guns and fired in rapid succession .
In earlier models ,
such as the {
Gatling gun },
the cartridges were loaded by machinery operated by turning a crank .
In modern versions the loading of cartidges is accomplished by levers operated by the recoil of the explosion driving the bullet ,
or by the pressure of gas within the barrel .
Several hundred shots can be fired in a minute by such weapons ,
with accurate aim .
The {
Gatling gun }, {
Gardner gun }, {
Hotchkiss gun },
and {
Nordenfelt gun },
named for their inventors ,
and the French {
mitrailleuse },
are machine guns .
{
To blow great guns } (
Naut .),
to blow a gale .
See {
Gun },
n .,
3 .
[
1913 Webster PJC ]
Gun \
Gun \,
v .
i .
To practice fowling or hunting small game ; --
chiefly in participial form ;
as ,
to go gunning .
334 Moby Thesaurus words for "
gun ":
AA gun ,
Armstrong ,
BAR ,
BB gun ,
Benet -
Mercie ,
Beretta ,
Big Bertha ,
Bren ,
Bren gun ,
Browning ,
Cain ,
Colt ,
Garand ,
Garand rifle ,
Garling ,
Gatling ,
Gatling gun ,
Hotchkiss ,
Krupp ,
Lancaster ,
Lee -
Enfield ,
Lee -
Metford ,
Lewis ,
Lewis gun ,
Long Tom ,
Luger ,
Mannlicher ,
Marlin ,
Martini -
Henry ,
Mauser ,
Maxim ,
Minie ,
Mossberg ,
Nimrod ,
Oerlikon ,
Paixhans ,
Parrott ,
Remington ,
Savage ,
Smith and Wesson ,
Snider ,
Spandau ,
Springfield ,
Stevens ,
Thompson submachine gun ,
Vickers ,
Vickers -
Maxim ,
Webley -
Scott ,
Winchester ,
Y -
gun ,
adventurer ,
air gun ,
antiaircraft gun ,
antitank gun ,
antitank rifle ,
apache ,
archer ,
arquebus ,
arrest ,
artillerist ,
artilleryman ,
assassin ,
assassinator ,
atom gun ,
atomic cannon ,
atomic gun ,
automatic ,
automatic pistol ,
barrel ,
bazooka ,
beat ,
bell ,
bloodletter ,
bloodshedder ,
blowgun ,
blowpipe ,
blunderbuss ,
bolt ,
bolt -
action rifle ,
bomb thrower ,
bombard ,
bombardier ,
bomber ,
bowman ,
bowshot ,
bravo ,
breech ,
breechloader ,
brown Bess ,
bruiser ,
bulldog ,
bullet ,
burker ,
burp gun ,
butcher ,
butt ,
button man ,
caliver ,
cane gun ,
cannibal ,
cannon ,
cannoneer ,
carabineer ,
carbine ,
carronade ,
chamber ,
charge ,
chase ,
chassepot ,
check ,
checkmate ,
cock ,
condottiere ,
course ,
crack shot ,
culverin ,
cutoff ,
cutthroat ,
cylinder ,
dart gun ,
dead shot ,
dead stop ,
deadeye ,
deadlock ,
desperado ,
detonate ,
detonation ,
discharge ,
dog ,
drive ,
drop ,
eject ,
ejection ,
end ,
endgame ,
ending ,
eradicator ,
escopeta ,
executioner ,
exterminator ,
falcon ,
falconet ,
fell ,
field gun ,
fieldpiece ,
final whistle ,
fire ,
fire off ,
firearm ,
firelock ,
flamethrower ,
flintlock ,
flush ,
follow the hounds ,
forty -
five ,
forty -
four ,
fowl ,
fowling piece ,
free lance ,
full stop ,
fusil ,
fusillade ,
garroter ,
gat ,
go hunting ,
good shot ,
goon ,
gorilla ,
grinding halt ,
gun carriage ,
gun for ,
gunfire ,
gunman ,
gunner ,
gunsel ,
gunshot ,
gunslinger ,
hackbut ,
halt ,
hammer ,
handgun ,
harpoon gun ,
harquebus ,
hatchet man ,
hawk ,
head -
hunter ,
heater ,
hedgehog ,
hellion ,
hired gun ,
hired killer ,
hireling ,
hit ,
hit man ,
holy terror ,
homicidal maniac ,
homicide ,
hood ,
hoodlum ,
hooligan ,
horse pistol ,
hound ,
howitzer ,
hunt ,
hunt down ,
hunter ,
jack ,
jacklight ,
killer ,
let fly ,
let off ,
load ,
lock ,
lockout ,
machine gun ,
machine gunner ,
machine pistol ,
magazine ,
man -
eater ,
man -
killer ,
manslayer ,
marksman ,
markswoman ,
massacrer ,
matador ,
matchlock ,
mercenary ,
mortar ,
mountain gun ,
mug ,
mugger ,
murderer ,
muscle man ,
musket ,
musketeer ,
musketoon ,
muzzle ,
muzzle -
loader ,
needle gun ,
peashooter ,
pedrero ,
pelt ,
pepper ,
pesticide ,
petronel ,
pick off ,
piece ,
pistol ,
plug ,
plug -
ugly ,
poison ,
poisoner ,
pom -
pom ,
popgun ,
pot ,
potshoot ,
potshot ,
prime ,
professional killer ,
prowl after ,
receiver ,
repeater ,
revolver ,
riddle ,
ride to hounds ,
rifle ,
rifleman ,
rod ,
rodman ,
roughneck ,
run ,
salvo ,
sawed -
off shotgun ,
sear ,
semiautomatic ,
sharpshooter ,
shikar ,
shoot ,
shoot at ,
shoot down ,
shooter ,
shooting iron ,
shot ,
shotgun ,
sight ,
sit -
down strike ,
six -
gun ,
six -
shooter ,
skysweeper ,
slaughterer ,
slayer ,
snipe ,
sniper ,
soldier of fortune ,
sport ,
spray ,
stalemate ,
stalk ,
stand ,
standoff ,
standstill ,
start ,
stay ,
still -
hunt ,
stock ,
stoneshot ,
stop ,
stoppage ,
strangler ,
strike ,
strong -
arm man ,
submachine gun ,
swivel ,
take a potshot ,
targetshooter ,
tattoo ,
terror ,
thirty -
thirty ,
thirty -
two ,
thug ,
torpedo ,
tough ,
toxophilite ,
track ,
trail ,
trapshooter ,
trigger ,
trigger man ,
ugly customer ,
volley ,
walkout ,
wind -
gun ,
work stoppage ,
zip gun
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