carbine
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++car·bine /ˈkɑːbaɪn $ ˈkɑːr-/ noun [countable] PMWa short light rifle 卡宾枪
Examples from the Corpus
carbine• Their weapons were just as fantastically varied: M-2 carbines.• The officer, placed toward the middle of the group, carries binoculars and a carbine.• The boy came in through the back carrying Russell's blanket roll and carbine and put them down on the passenger bench.• He made him fling away his carbine.• The Dragoon dropped the carbine and fumbled for his sword which hung from its wrist strap.• They thrust their carbines into the bucket holsters on their saddles and dragged out their long straight-bladed swords.• We have now used the general approach in refs 2 and 3 to place yttrium carbine into nanotubes.Origin carbine (1600-1700) French carabine, from carabin “soldier with a gun”car·bine nounChineseSyllable
a light rifle short Corpus
carbine
car‧bine /ˈkɑːbaɪn $ ˈkɑːr-/
noun [countable]
car‧bine /ˈkɑːbaɪn $ ˈkɑːr-/
noun [countable] Date: 1600-1700
Language: French
Origin: carabine, from carabin 'soldier with a gun'
a short light rifle
Language: French
Origin: carabine, from carabin 'soldier with a gun'