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单词 multi-barrelled
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multi-barrelledadj.

Brit. /ˌmʌltɪˈbarəld/, U.S. /ˌməltiˈbɛrəl(d)/; see also multi- comb. form.
Forms: see multi- comb. form and barrelled adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: multi- comb. form, barrelled adj.
Etymology: < multi- comb. form + barrelled adj. Compare earlier double-barrelled adj., twist-barrelled adj. at twist n.1 Compounds 2, and multibarrel n.
Esp. of a gun: having more than one barrel.
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buttless1828
self-cocking1837
belt size1858
stockless1886
sawed-off1898
multibarrel1899
multi-barrelled1907
sawn-off1915
1907 W. W. Greener Gun & its Devel. (ed. 8) iv. 78 (caption) Multi-barrelled hand-cannon.
1944 Horizon Oct. 225 ‘Moaning Minnies’ (multi-barrelled mortars).
1980 D. Brin Sundiver vii. xxi. 243 The laser..its long, slender, multibarrelled body swung on a gymballed swivel.
1990 Jrnl. Neuroendocrinol. 2 831/1 The simultaneous ejection of anionic and cationic drugs from the same multibarreled micropipette.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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