gun

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gun1 /ɡʌn/ ●●● S2 W2 noun [countable]  1  PMWa metal weapon which shoots bullets or shells 枪；炮have/hold/carry a gun I could see he was carrying a gun. 我看到他带着一把枪。 I’ve never fired a gun in my life. 我这辈子从来没开过枪。 Jake was pointing a gun at the door. 杰克用枪对着门口。 Two policemen were killed in a gun battle. 两名警察在一次枪战中丧生。2  put/hold a gun to somebody’s head a) to put a gun very close to someone’s head to shoot them or to force them to do something 用枪指着某人的头 He put a gun to her head and told the cashier to hand over the money. 他用枪指着她的头，叫出纳员把钱交出来。 b) to force someone to do something they do not want to do 逼某人，胁迫某人就范 You chose to live here. Nobody put a gun to your head. 是你自己要住在这里，又没有人强迫你。3  DTa tool that forces out small objects or a liquid by pressure 喷射器，喷枪 a paint gun 喷漆枪 a nail gun 射钉枪 → flashgun, spray gun4. (also starting pistol) a gun which is fired into the air at the start of a race 发令枪5  big/top gun American English informal someone who is very important within an organization 大人物，头号人物 Jed wanted to impress a Harvard professor and some other big guns. 杰德想给一位哈佛教授以及其他几位大人物留个好印象。6. hired gun American English informalKILL someone who is paid to shoot someone else 雇用的枪手[刺客]7. with all guns blazing if you do something with all guns blazing, you do it with a lot of energy, determination, and noise 劲头十足，热火朝天 → son of a gun, → stick to your guns at stick1, → jump the gun at jump1(11), → be going great guns at great1(11), → spike somebody’s guns at spike2(6)

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gun• You know how to shoot a gun, she said.• In letters written from jail, he denies using a gun in the robbery.• Police said Stanton was hit on the back of the head with a gun during the ordeal.• A light machine gun opened up, then another.• Either the machine gun had been wiped out or the enemy had gotten smart.• He held the gun as if he didn't know what it was, and looked at her.• His bulging eyes fixing her maniacally as he advanced, his hand on the gun at his belt.gun battle• His parents were told at first that he was hit in the chest during a gun battle.• On April 28 eight people died and more than 20 were injured in a gun battle in the village of Troitskaya.• Seven police officers were injured in a gun battle.• Khosana was shot dead in an ensuing gun battle with Ciskeian troops.• Last Sunday 22 people died and 52 were injured in gun battles and by landmines in the state.• After 10 days of gun battles, Federal troops were called out to quell the violence.• But none of that happened without running gun battles with the centralizers in Washington.• In the gun battle that followed all the rebels were shot dead except one-17-year-old Bhagwati Chaudhary.gun2 verb (gunned, gunning)  1  be gunning for somebody informalCRITICIZE to be trying to find an opportunity to criticize or harm someone 伺机批评[伤害]某人 Why is he gunning for me? 他为什么总是跟我过不去？2  be gunning for something informal to be trying very hard to obtain something 力图获取某物 He’s gunning for your job. 他竭力谋取你的职位。3. [transitive] American English informalTTCFAST/QUICK to make the engine of a car go very fast by pressing the accelerator very hard 使加速，猛踩…的油门4 gun somebody ↔ down phrasal verb SHOOTto shoot someone and badly injure or kill them, especially someone who cannot defend themselves 开枪击伤[击毙]〔尤指不能自卫的人〕 A policeman was gunned down as he left his house this morning. 今晨一名警察离家时遭到枪击。n Grammar Gun down is usually passive.→ See Verb table

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gun• Yes, well, when one has spoken out for freedom against dictatorship there are other people gunning for one.Origin gun1 (1300-1400) Perhaps from Gunnilda, a woman's name, from Old Norse Gunnhildr

gun1 noungun2 verb →n GRAMMAR1LDOCE OnlineChinese  

weapon which shells or Corpus bullets metal a shoots

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gun¹ S2 W2 /ɡʌn/ noun [countable]
1. a metal weapon which shoots bullets or shells
    have/hold/carry a gun
    I could see he was carrying a gun.
    I’ve never fired a gun in my life.
    Jake was pointing a gun at the door.
    Two policemen were killed in a gun battle.
2. put/hold a gun to sb’s head
  a. to put a gun very close to someone’s head to shoot them or to force them to do something:
    He put a gun to her head and told the cashier to hand over the money.
  b. to force someone to do something they do not want to do:
    You chose to live here. Nobody put a gun to your head.
3. a tool that forces out small objects or a liquid by pressure:
    a paint gun
    a nail gun ⇨ flashgun, spray gun
4. (also starting pistol) a gun which is fired into the air at the start of a race
5. big/top gun American English informal someone who is very important within an organization:
    Jed wanted to impress a Harvard professor and some other big guns.
6. hired gun American English informal someone who is paid to shoot someone else
7. with all guns blazing if you do something with all guns blazing, you do it with a lot of energy, determination, and noise
⇨ son of a gun, ⇨ stick to your guns at stick¹, ⇨ jump the gun at jump¹(11), ⇨ be going great guns at great¹(11), ⇨ spike sb’s guns at spike²(6)

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gun² verb (past tense and past participle gunned, present participle gunning)
1. be gunning for somebody informal to be trying to find an opportunity to criticize or harm someone:
    Why is he gunning for me?
2. be gunning for something informal to be trying very hard to obtain something:
    He’s gunning for your job.
3. [transitive] American English informal to make the engine of a car go very fast by pressing the accelerator very hard
     
gun somebody ↔ down phrasal verb [usually passive]
  to shoot someone and badly injure or kill them, especially someone who cannot defend themselves:
    A policeman was gunned down as he left his house this morning.