| 单词 | life gun |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslife gun life gun n. a gun used for sending a communication line or lifesaving apparatus to a vessel in distress. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > rescue or deliverance > [noun] > means of > means of saving life > from ship or drowning plank1608 cradle1839 plug1841 anchor ball1858 breeches-buoy1880 Lyle gun1880 life gun1910 Schermuly1922 1828 Hull Packet 29 Jan. 1/4 The life-gun apparatus was immediately ready, and the life-boat launched. 1910 Chambers's Jrnl. Mar. 159/2 The life-gun which is used by the rescuers for shooting lines to the vessel. 1999 Sydney (Austral.) Morning Herald (Nexis) 16 July 2 They returned at 7 am with a ‘life gun’, a safety device that shoots a line that can be secured and used to draw a rescue boat closer to a stranded victim. < as lemmas |
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