| 释义 |
gunsmith|ˈgʌnsmɪθ|
1. One whose occupation it is to make and repair small fire-arms.
1588in Compt. Bk. D. Wedderburne (S.H.S., 1898) 82 note, [William Low, gunsmith, son of James Low, smith, was entered in the Burgess Roll 30th Sept. 1588]. 1647Haward Crown Rev. 21 Gun-smith: Fee, 6d. per diem. 1671Dryden Evening's Love Pref. a 4 b, The employment of a Poet is like that of a curious Gunsmith, or Watchmaker. 1781Phil. Trans. LXXI. 230 Wogdon, one of the most famous gunsmiths in London. 1858[see gunmaker]. 1861Times 21 Aug., Gunsmiths making or repairing rifles.
2. slang. A thief.
1869Temple Bar XXV. 213 He..returned to his old trade of ‘gunsmith’, gunning being the slang term for thieving.
Hence ˈgunsmithery, the trade of a gunsmith, the making of small arms; also, the place where the work of a gunsmith is carried on.
1847in Craig. 1896Westm. Gaz. 30 Jan. 2/1 The Government gun-smitheries. |