| 单词 | pellet gun |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspellet gun C2. attributive. Designating a weapon which fires pellets, esp. a gun which fires small, plastic balls by means of compressed air, now chiefly in pellet gun. Cf. pellet bow n. at Compounds 1b. ΚΠ 1924 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 159 333 These people..have the homing instinct strongly developed, hence..the introduction of several foreign items from their old homes in India. Among such we may certainly count the pellet blow-gun. 1968 Times 5 June 6/4 None of those shot appeared seriously hurt and police said the weapon used may have been a pellet gun. 2000 J. Harris Blackberry Wine (2001) xxii. 115 Jay looked into the barrel of Zeth's rifle. It was only an air rifle, his mind repeated, only an air rifle, only a poxy pellet gun. < as lemmas |
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