machine gunn.

Brit.

/məˈʃiːn ɡʌn/, U.S.

/məˈʃin ˌɡən/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: machine n., gun n.

Etymology: < machine n. + gun n.

A gun (originally mounted but now also hand-held) which is mechanically loaded and fired, and is capable of continuous fire.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > machine-gun

machine gun1867

woodpecker1898

put-put1905

M.G.1915

typewriter1915

chopper1929

rattlebox1929

Chicago typewriter1940

1867 Gatling's Battery Gun 1 It may be justly termed a machine gun, for it is automatic in its operation.

1869 Naval & Mil. Gaz. 12 June 379/3 We understand that a mitrailleur, or machine-gun, of Belgian manufacture, will shortly arrive in this country.

1882 Army & Navy Mag. Dec. 195 Machine-guns, which have an effective range not differing materially from that of small arms, would..have to advance with infantry.

1919 ‘B. Cable’ Old Contemptibles ix. 146 The steady postman's-knock rat-tat-tat of machine-guns.

a1944 K. Douglas Alamein to Zem Zem (1946) v. 37 The gunners were busy fitting back the dark blue steel-jacketed machine-guns.

1987 E. Leonard Bandits iii. 40 He would see..government soldiers firing machine guns from the train.

Compounds

C1. General attributive (frequently in figurative use).

ΚΠ

1882 Liverpool Mercury 17 Mar. 6/7 She can be searched by machine gun fire through all her upper works.

1906 Westm. Gaz. 4 Oct. 2/3 Motor-bicycles, those machine-gun terrors of the road.

1913 Army Order 323 1 Oct. 4 The non-commissioned officers and men of the machine-gun section..will be distributed for discipline and administration in peace amongst the four companies.

1914 S. Lewis Our Mr. Wrenn ix. 118 Never stopping in her machine-gun volley of words.

1928 H. Laski in Holmes–Laski Lett. (1953) II. 1077 They cross-examined me with machine-gun rapidity.

1932 ‘N. Shute’ Lonely Road xii. 252 I had no wish to have a hail of machine-gun bullets flying at us through the scud.

1955 S. Spender Coll. Poems 1928–53 99 Machine-gun anger quickly scythed the grasses.

1972 ‘E. Lathen’ Murder without Icing (1973) iii. 30 Convulsions on one level or another could be expected with..machine-gun rapidity.

1985 Radio Times 6 July 20/2 Richard Brooks's thriller has a lot to offer, including two personable stars.., machine-gun editing, excellently-used German locations and a colossal concluding chase.

C2.

machine-gun battery n.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > battery

battery1555

counter-battery1603

swallow's nest1604

field battery1742

radeau1753

guns en barbette1772

half-moon battery1794

sap battery1810

sunken battery1817

screw battery1848

wool-battery1852

masked battery1861

mountain battery1868

machine-gun battery1882

1882 Hampshire Tel. & Sussex Chron. 16 Sept. 5/4 This would leave an escort of small arm men..to guard the machine gun battery from surprise.

1915 R. W. Campbell Private Spud Tamson xix. 288 Z-r-r-p—Z-r-r-p—Z-r-r-p spat the machine-gun batteries behind the little knolls.

2009 S. R. Ward Immortal v. 142 All of Iran's infantry units possessed machine gun batteries and growing numbers of automatic rifles.

machine-gun fire n.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [noun]

gunning1570

fire1590

firing1684

squibbing1697

gunfire1801

gunnery1816

pop-off1843

pluffing1852

machine-gun fire1882

gun-play1897

loosing off1906

1882Machine gun fire [see Compounds 1].

1919 ‘B. Cable’ Old Contemptibles xvi. 255 The rifle and machine-gun fire rose again.

2010 S. Junger War i. iv. 63 Dawn brought fusillades of grenades and wave after wave of machine-gun fire.

machine-gun post n.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > military position > [noun] > gun-site

cannonery1598

emplacement1811

firing-place1879

fire position1889

machine-gun post1915

gun-site1943

1915 Scotsman 2 Apr. 7/5 The attack on the machine gun post near Cuinchy.

1973 Times 14 Nov. 8/1 The Israelis..have reinforced their machinegun posts beside the road.

1991 T. Mo Redundancy of Courage (1992) i. 5 None of the gun emplacements or machine-gun posts was manned.

machine-gun rifle n.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > rifle > types of

three-o(h)-three1683

air rifle1801

yager1817

big bore1838

seventy-five1840

telescopic rifle1850

Minié rifle1851

needle rifle1856

pea rifle1856

Lancaster1857

six-shooting1858

Whitworth1858

Henry1861

polygroove1863

telescopic-sighted rifle1863

spencer1866

magazine rifle1867

Snider rifle1868

chassepot1869

Martini–Henry rifle1869

Winchester1871

Mauser rifle1872

Martini1876

saloon rifle1881

express1884

express rifle1884

Mannlicher1884

Mauser1887

Lee-Enfield1888

Flobert1890

pump gun1890

take-down1895

two-two1895

Ross rifle1901

hammer-rifle1907

sporter1907

French 751914

twenty-two1925

machine-gun rifle1941

assault rifle1950

assault weapon1968

kalashnikov1970

assault rifle1975

1941 Ann. Reg. 1940 154 [France] sent..5,000 machine-gun rifles.

machine-gun nest n. a concealed post or protected emplacement in which one or more machine guns are set up.

ΚΠ

1916 Washington Post 18 July 1/1 (heading) Clear machine gun nests.

1917 N.Y. Times 30 Aug. 1/5 Every house in the village, even those in ruins, had been turned into a machine gun nest.

1970 Toronto Daily Star 24 Sept. 3/3 They put their machine-gun nests on roofs and in the rooms and gardens of private houses.

2003 Independent 20 Aug. 2/4 The machine-gun nest on the roof of the UN building might have suggested that even the international body was militarising itself.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	machine gun
释义	machine gunn. Brit. /məˈʃiːn ɡʌn/, U.S. /məˈʃin ˌɡən/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: machine n., gun n. Etymology: < machine n. + gun n. A gun (originally mounted but now also hand-held) which is mechanically loaded and fired, and is capable of continuous fire. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > machine-gun machine gun1867 woodpecker1898 put-put1905 M.G.1915 typewriter1915 chopper1929 rattlebox1929 Chicago typewriter1940 1867 Gatling's Battery Gun 1 It may be justly termed a machine gun, for it is automatic in its operation. 1869 Naval & Mil. Gaz. 12 June 379/3 We understand that a mitrailleur, or machine-gun, of Belgian manufacture, will shortly arrive in this country. 1882 Army & Navy Mag. Dec. 195 Machine-guns, which have an effective range not differing materially from that of small arms, would..have to advance with infantry. 1919 ‘B. Cable’ Old Contemptibles ix. 146 The steady postman's-knock rat-tat-tat of machine-guns. a1944 K. Douglas Alamein to Zem Zem (1946) v. 37 The gunners were busy fitting back the dark blue steel-jacketed machine-guns. 1987 E. Leonard Bandits iii. 40 He would see..government soldiers firing machine guns from the train. Compounds C1. General attributive (frequently in figurative use). ΚΠ 1882 Liverpool Mercury 17 Mar. 6/7 She can be searched by machine gun fire through all her upper works. 1906 Westm. Gaz. 4 Oct. 2/3 Motor-bicycles, those machine-gun terrors of the road. 1913 Army Order 323 1 Oct. 4 The non-commissioned officers and men of the machine-gun section..will be distributed for discipline and administration in peace amongst the four companies. 1914 S. Lewis Our Mr. Wrenn ix. 118 Never stopping in her machine-gun volley of words. 1928 H. Laski in Holmes–Laski Lett. (1953) II. 1077 They cross-examined me with machine-gun rapidity. 1932 ‘N. Shute’ Lonely Road xii. 252 I had no wish to have a hail of machine-gun bullets flying at us through the scud. 1955 S. Spender Coll. Poems 1928–53 99 Machine-gun anger quickly scythed the grasses. 1972 ‘E. Lathen’ Murder without Icing (1973) iii. 30 Convulsions on one level or another could be expected with..machine-gun rapidity. 1985 Radio Times 6 July 20/2 Richard Brooks's thriller has a lot to offer, including two personable stars.., machine-gun editing, excellently-used German locations and a colossal concluding chase. C2. a. machine-gun battery n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > battery battery1555 counter-battery1603 swallow's nest1604 field battery1742 radeau1753 guns en barbette1772 half-moon battery1794 sap battery1810 sunken battery1817 screw battery1848 wool-battery1852 masked battery1861 mountain battery1868 machine-gun battery1882 1882 Hampshire Tel. & Sussex Chron. 16 Sept. 5/4 This would leave an escort of small arm men..to guard the machine gun battery from surprise. 1915 R. W. Campbell Private Spud Tamson xix. 288 Z-r-r-p—Z-r-r-p—Z-r-r-p spat the machine-gun batteries behind the little knolls. 2009 S. R. Ward Immortal v. 142 All of Iran's infantry units possessed machine gun batteries and growing numbers of automatic rifles. machine-gun fire n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [noun] gunning1570 fire1590 firing1684 squibbing1697 gunfire1801 gunnery1816 pop-off1843 pluffing1852 machine-gun fire1882 gun-play1897 loosing off1906 1882Machine gun fire [see Compounds 1]. 1919 ‘B. Cable’ Old Contemptibles xvi. 255 The rifle and machine-gun fire rose again. 2010 S. Junger War i. iv. 63 Dawn brought fusillades of grenades and wave after wave of machine-gun fire. machine-gun post n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > military position > [noun] > gun-site cannonery1598 emplacement1811 firing-place1879 fire position1889 machine-gun post1915 gun-site1943 1915 Scotsman 2 Apr. 7/5 The attack on the machine gun post near Cuinchy. 1973 Times 14 Nov. 8/1 The Israelis..have reinforced their machinegun posts beside the road. 1991 T. Mo Redundancy of Courage (1992) i. 5 None of the gun emplacements or machine-gun posts was manned. machine-gun rifle n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > rifle > types of three-o(h)-three1683 air rifle1801 yager1817 big bore1838 seventy-five1840 telescopic rifle1850 Minié rifle1851 needle rifle1856 pea rifle1856 Lancaster1857 six-shooting1858 Whitworth1858 Henry1861 polygroove1863 telescopic-sighted rifle1863 spencer1866 magazine rifle1867 Snider rifle1868 chassepot1869 Martini–Henry rifle1869 Winchester1871 Mauser rifle1872 Martini1876 saloon rifle1881 express1884 express rifle1884 Mannlicher1884 Mauser1887 Lee-Enfield1888 Flobert1890 pump gun1890 take-down1895 two-two1895 Ross rifle1901 hammer-rifle1907 sporter1907 French 751914 twenty-two1925 machine-gun rifle1941 assault rifle1950 assault weapon1968 kalashnikov1970 assault rifle1975 1941 Ann. Reg. 1940 154 [France] sent..5,000 machine-gun rifles. b. machine-gun nest n. a concealed post or protected emplacement in which one or more machine guns are set up. ΚΠ 1916 Washington Post 18 July 1/1 (heading) Clear machine gun nests. 1917 N.Y. Times 30 Aug. 1/5 Every house in the village, even those in ruins, had been turned into a machine gun nest. 1970 Toronto Daily Star 24 Sept. 3/3 They put their machine-gun nests on roofs and in the rooms and gardens of private houses. 2003 Independent 20 Aug. 2/4 The machine-gun nest on the roof of the UN building might have suggested that even the international body was militarising itself. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1867
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