bazooka

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ba·zoo·ka /bəˈzuːkə/ noun [countable]  PMWa long light gun that rests on your shoulder and is used for shooting at tanks 〔扛在肩上发射的〕反坦克火箭筒

Examples from the Corpus

bazooka• Somebody up there had employed a bazooka.• What was the point of owning a bazooka if the law made you hunt with a bow and arrow?• I threw my gun away, and pulled a bazooka out of the air.• He raised his bazooka and took his stance.• She'd bring her own bazookas.• So, when you held it, it looked like a toy bazooka.• It does matter that children don't leave a drama lesson believing that Cromwell's army used bazookas and machine guns!• A commando unit, wearing black jerseys, gloves and skull-caps, armed with bazookas, marched past.Origin bazooka (1900-2000) bazooka type of simple musical instrument ((1900-2000)), from bazoo similar instrument ((19-20 centuries)), probably from its sound

ba·zoo·ka nounChineseSyllable  

that long light gun on Corpus a rests

bazooka
ba‧zoo‧ka /bəˈzuːkə/ noun [countable]a long light gun that rests on your shoulder and is used for shooting at tanks

ba·zookaBrE /bəˈzuːkə/ 🔊NAmE /bəˈzuːkə/ 🔊 nouna long gun, shaped like a tube, which is held on the shoulder and used to fire rockets at military vehicles （反坦克）巴祖卡火箭筒