gunpoint
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++gun·point /ˈɡʌnpɔɪnt/ noun at gunpoint PMWTHREATENwhile threatening someone or being threatened with a gun 用枪威胁；在枪口威胁下 She was held at gunpoint for 37 hours. 她在枪口下过了37个小时。
Examples from the Corpus
gunpoint• He and a 12-year-old boy robbed a middle-aged man of £25 at gunpoint in a Leeds park.• Half the kids making wheelies on their bikes had very likely acquired those bikes at gunpoint from other kids.• Spiked cages surround baroque colonial villas; apartment doors are reinforced and guarded at gunpoint.• Read in studio A couple have been robbed at gunpoint on a dream holiday to Disney World.• An audience of villagers was summoned at gunpoint.• A purse was taken at gunpoint.• A gold-and-diamond ring was taken at gunpoint.gun·point nounChineseSyllable
threatened with or threatening someone being Corpus a while
gunpoint
gun‧point /ˈɡʌnpɔɪnt/
noun
at gunpoint while threatening someone or being threatened with a gun:
She was held at gunpoint for 37 hours.
gun‧point /ˈɡʌnpɔɪnt/
nounat gunpoint while threatening someone or being threatened with a gun:
