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sawn-off shotgun

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ˌsawn-off ˈshotgun British English, sawed-off shotgun American English noun [countable]  PMWa shotgun whose barrel (=long thin tube) has been cut short so that it is easier to hide 枪管锯短的猎枪
Examples from the Corpus
sawn-off shotgunHe is further charged with possessing a sawn-off shotgun.Under the coat was a sawn-off shotgun and he fired.A sawn-off shotgun was seized and a man was arrested.Or course the sawn-off shotgun he was reloading was a bit of a giveaway, though.
ˌsawn-off ˈshotgun nounChineseSyllable
Corpus tube) (=long been whose barrel has a thin shotgun


sawn-off shotgun
ˌsawn-off ˈshotgun British English, ˌsawed-off ˈshotgun American English noun [countable]
a shotgun whose barrel (=long thin tube) has been cut short so that it is easier to hide


sawn-off shotgunBrE /ˌsɔːn ɒf ˈʃɒtɡʌn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌsɔːn ɔːf ˈʃɑːtɡʌn/ 🔊, /ˌsɔːn ɑːf ˈʃɑːtɡʌn/ 🔊 (BrE) (NAmE ˌsawed-off ˈshotgun) nouna shotgun with part of its barrel cut off 枪管锯短的猎枪