单词 | pull trigger |
释义 | > as lemmaspull trigger a. Forming nouns with the sense ‘used by, for, or in pulling’ (cf. pulling n. Compounds 1), as pull-line, pull rod, pull trigger, etc. ΚΠ 1863 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 33 247 Ferried across without accident, we climbed up the right bank, aided by a pull-line. 1877 Spirit of Times 24 Nov. 449/3 This was a drawback to the Pioneers the open sight and heavy pull trigger being strange to them. 1886 Manufacturer & Builder Feb. 43 Both have overhead flushing reservoirs,..operated by pull-chain. 1903 Motor. Ann. 296 Look for stretch in the pull-rods, and wear off the braking surfaces. 1915 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Jrnl.-Gaz. 3 Jan. 28/6 A pull chain..rotates the shell in either direction. 1991 Acta Metallurgica et Materialia 39 2598/2 A wire..was inserted into the grip through a hole drilled into the pull rod connected to the top of the upper grip. 2004 N.Y. Times (Electronic ed.) 21 Nov. v. 8 The toilet flushed with a pull chain dangling from the vast heights of the ceiling. to pull trigger a. A small steel catch which, on being ‘drawn’, ‘pulled’, or pressed by the finger, releases the hammer of a gun-lock. Hence to pull trigger, to fire a gun (at, on). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > parts and fittings of firearms > [noun] > trigger tricker1550 trigger1622 α. β. 16601 [see α. ]. 16602 [see α. ]. 1688 J. S. Mil. Discipl. 17 Your musquet being levelled breast high with your fingers upon the trigger.1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea II. l. 341 We could not pull the trigers of their muskets.1868 C. B. Norton & W. J. Valentine Rep. to Govt. U.S. on Munitions of War at Paris Universal Exhib. 1867 24 The trigger is pulled, h is drawn down and the spring, released, darts the needle through the guide into the cartridge, the blunt end of the needle sharply striking the fulminate and thus igniting the charge.1873 J. H. Beadle Undevel. West xx. 371 He is reported ‘so quick on the trigger’, that all the other ‘shootists’ in the country have an awe of him.1888 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms xlix Not once or twice..you've pulled trigger on me.1622 F. Markham Five Decades Epist. of Warre i. ix. 35 Let the Cocks and Trickers be nimble to goe and come. 1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall xiv. 89 We took a Pistol.., and..ty'd to the Tricker one end of a string. 1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall xiv. 100 The Trigger was pull'd. 1759 A. Smith Theory Moral Sentiments ii. §iii. 208 Each of them draws the tricker of a gun. 1828 D. M. Moir Life Mansie Wauch xii. 194 It was an act of desperation to draw the tricker. < as lemmas |
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