| 单词 | air pistol |
| 释义 | > as lemmasair pistol air pistol n. †(a) a pistol in which the propelling power is the explosive force of inflammable gases (obsolete); (b) a pistol (esp. one used in sport and recreationally) operated by the force of compressed air. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > competitive shooting > [noun] > air-pistol air pistol1780 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > air-gun wind-gun1644 wind-musketa1660 air gun1685 wind-cane1723 air pistol1780 air rifle1801 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > pistol > types of dag1587 key gun1607 pocket pistol1612 key pistol1663 holster-pistol1679 troop pistol1688 horse pistol1704 screw-barrel1744 saddle pistol1764 air pistol1780 Wogdon1786 belt pistol1833 dueller1835 Colt1838 tickler1844 Derringer1853 cocking pistol1858 belt size1866 bulldozer1880 saloon pistol1899 Luger1904 Police Positive1905 Steyr1920 Saturday-night pistol1929 muff pistol1938 PPK1946 Makarov1958 Saturday-night special1959 puffer1963 snub nose1979 snubby1981 1780 J. Ingenhousz in Philos. Trans. 1779 (Royal Soc.) 69 398 The compound of the two airs in the air pistol takes fire. 1855 Brit. Patent 2,422 1 This invention relates to certain improvements on the ordinary air pistols used as toys for children. 1872 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1870 II. 107/1 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (41st Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 89) IX Air-Pistol. Reuben Brooks, Jr., Rockport, Mass. 1936 H. Nicolson Let. 5 May (1966) 260 I do not quite like the idea of Ben being such an old cautious cissie as to refrain from shooting policemen with air-pistols. 1975 Oxf. Compan. Sports & Games 922/1 For air pistol shooting, the aiming mark contains scoring rings for points valued 10 to 7, surrounded by six more rings with score values from 6 down to 1 point. 1999 R. A. Bayfield in T. White Britpulp! 99 After work I used to go out there and plink at beer cans with a wildly inaccurate air pistol. < as lemmas |
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