Dictionary Workbench Ondict

pump-action

Dictionary entry view. Switch to definition mode above when you know the meaning but not the word.

pump-action

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Technology, Daily life
ˈpump-ˌaction adjective [only before noun]  TDa pump-action piece of equipment is operated by pulling or pressing a part in or out so that the contents come out in short bursts 推拉式的,滑杆式的,压出式的pump-action shotgun/rifle 滑杆式猎枪/推拉式来复枪
Examples from the Corpus
pump-actionThe 1988 law banned automatic and pump-action guns and required that guns be kept in locked cabinets bolted to a wall.The puerto Rican mass murderer was letting off a pump-action shotgun into a bus queue in downtown Los Angeles.What was needed here, rather than meditative technique, was a pump-action shotgun.pump-action shotgun/rifleWhat was needed here, rather than meditative technique, was a pump-action shotgun.The puerto Rican mass murderer was letting off a pump-action shotgun into a bus queue in downtown Los Angeles.
ˈpump-ˌaction adjectiveChineseSyllable
Corpus operated pump-action piece a is of equipment


pump-action
ˈpump-ˌaction adjective [only before noun]
a pump-action piece of equipment is operated by pulling or pressing a part in or out so that the contents come out in short bursts
    pump-action shotgun/rifle


pump-actionBrE /ˈpʌmp ækʃn/ 🔊NAmE /ˈpʌmp ækʃn/ 🔊 adjective [only before noun] (of a gun or other device 枪或其他设备) worked by quickly pulling or pressing part of it in and out or up and down 唧筒式的;压动式的a pump-action shotgun唧筒式猎枪a pump-action spray手压式喷雾器