| 单词 | gun |
| 释义 | gun (gʌn ) Word forms: guns , gunning , gunned 1. countable noun B1 A gun is a weapon from which bullets or other things are fired. He produced a gun and he came into the house. The inner-city has guns and crime and drugs and deprivation. ...gun control laws. Synonyms: firearm, shooter [slang], piece [slang], rod [slang] 2. countable noun B2 A gun or a starting gun is an object like a gun that is used to make a noise to signal the start of a race. The starting gun blasted and they were off. 3. verb To gun an engine or a vehicle means to make it start or go faster by pressing on the accelerator pedal. [mainly US] He gunned his engine and drove off. [VERB noun] 4. See also airgun, machine gun, shotgun, sub-machine gun 5. with guns blazing phrase If you come out with guns blazing or with all guns blazing, you put all your effort and energy into trying to achieve something. The company came out with guns blazing. 6. to jump the gun phrase If you jump the gun, you do something before everyone else or before the proper or right time. [informal] Some booksellers have jumped the gun and decided to sell it early. Synonyms: act with haste, be over-hasty, act too soon, act prematurely 7. to stick to your guns phrase If you stick to your guns, you continue to have your own opinion about something even though other people are trying to tell you that you are wrong. [informal] He should have stuck to his guns and refused to meet her. Phrasal verbs: gun down phrasal verb [usually passive] If someone is gunned down, they are shot and severely injured or killed. [journalism] He had been gunned down and killed at point-blank range. [be VERB-ed PARTICLE] gun for phrasal verb [only cont] If someone is gunning for you, they are trying to find a way to harm you or cause you trouble. [informal] He knew that they were gunning for him. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Quotations: They hesitate We hesitate. They have a gun. We have no gunMountain Lion Idioms: under the gun [mainly US] under great pressure and in danger of failing completely Society, in many ways, is under the gun. We have a multitude of problems – medical, health problems, crime problems, educational, literacy. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers a smoking gun [mainly US] evidence which proves that a particular person is responsible for a crime First of all, there's no smoking gun. In the course of our investigation we did not find a single piece of evidence. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers jump the gun to do something before the right, proper or expected time The book wasn't due to be released until September 10, but some booksellers have jumped the gun and decided to sell it early. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers hold a gun to someone's head or put a gun to someone's head to force someone to do something by threatening to take extreme action against them if they do not do it Not a man to have a gun put to his head, Mr Riordan was soon tearing up the offer and cancelling future meetings with the union. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Translations: Chinese: 枪 Japanese: 銃 |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含147115条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。