| 单词 | to draw a bead upon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto draw a bead upon d. The small metal knob which forms the front sight of a gun; esp. in the phrase (of U.S. origin) to draw a bead upon: to take aim at. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > direct [verb (transitive)] > aim at mete1598 rove1598 levy1618 mean1633 to cover (with a gun, pistol, etc.)1693 to draw a bead upon1831 target1837 sight1871 bead1888 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > parts and fittings of firearms > [noun] > sight > types of dispart1578 telescopic sight1674 plain sight1686 aim-frontlet1745 hausse1787 foresight1806 gloaming sight1817 night-sight1822 bead1831 leaf1832 backsight1847 globe sight1847 pendulum hausse1850 hindsight1851 tangent scale1859 tangent1861 tangent backsight1862 training pendulum1862 training level1863 peep sight1866 dispart-sight1867 notch sight1867 buck-horn1877 orthoptic1881 aperturea1884 pinball-sighta1884 dispart patch1884 sight bar1884 flap-sight1887 barley-corn1896 ring sight1901 riflescope1902 spotting scope1904 tangent sight1908 Aldis sight1918 wind-sight1923 scope sight1934 gyro-sight1942 1831 J. J. Audubon Ornithol. Biogr. I. 294 He raised his piece until the bead (that being the name given by the Kentuckians to the sight) of the barrel was brought to a line with the spot he intended to hit. 1841 G. Catlin Lett. N. Amer. Indians I. x. 77 I made several attempts to get near enough to ‘draw a bead’ upon one of them. 1844 F. Marryat Settlers in Canada II. 206 ‘Now, John,’ said Malachi; ‘get your bead well on him.’ 1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) II. 391 The front sight is that known as the bead-sight, which consists of a small steel needle, with a little head upon it like the head of an ordinary pin, enclosed in a steel tube. In aiming with this sight, the eye is directed..to the bead in the tube. 1919 Chambers's Jrnl. June 399/1 I'd got a lovely bead on her with one of my own torpedoes. 1929 G. Mitchell Myst. Butcher's Shop xii. 132 You've got a bead on your man all right. < as lemmas |
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