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单词 on safe
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on (also at) safe
5. The operative position of a firearm's safety device; the state in which a gun cannot be fired. Chiefly in on (also at) safe: having the safety catch set. Cf. safety n. 9.
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1887 ‘20-bore’ Pract. Hints Shooting 166 Numbers of shots are lost by having the piece only half-cocked or on ‘safe’.
1904 E. S. Farrow Amer. Small Arms 129 The chances were that some day he thought it was automatic and on safe,..and the thing went off unexpectedly.
1920 G. Burrard Notes on Sporting Rifles 71 One may..fail to stop a dangerous charge through the rifle being at ‘safe’.
1967 V. Canning Python Project ii. 31 I hope you've got that damned thing on ‘safe’?
1978 F. Ross Sleeping Dogs 127 The safety catch was off. He clicked it to ‘safe’ and tossed it on the carpet.
1986 T. Clancy Red Storm Rising (1988) xxi. 319 And make Goddamned sure those weapons are on safe!
2005 E. Lawrence Tactical Pistol Shooting iii. 47 Release the slide, and place the pistol back on safe.
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