单词	gunpoint
释义	gunpointgun‧point /ˈɡʌnpɔɪnt/ noun Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A gold-and-diamond ring was taken at gunpoint. A purse was taken at gunpoint. An audience of villagers was summoned at gunpoint. Half the kids making wheelies on their bikes had very likely acquired those bikes at gunpoint from other kids. He and a 12-year-old boy robbed a middle-aged man of £25 at gunpoint in a Leeds park. Read in studio A couple have been robbed at gunpoint on a dream holiday to Disney World. Spiked cages surround baroque colonial villas; apartment doors are reinforced and guarded at gunpoint. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB► hold · He had a problem: His wife and son were being held hostage at gunpoint.· Like Mr Thompson they were held up at gunpoint by two men near their hotel.· Read in studio A car salesman is recovering after being held up at gunpoint by a man posing as a customer.· The family were held at gunpoint overnight.· The attempt to hold it together at gunpoint may succeed only in blowing the Soviet Union apart more violently.· In the latest raid, customers and staff were held at gunpoint in the Ballyholme branch of the Northern Bank on Wednesday.· The terrified family were handcuffed, had pillows pulled over their heads and were held at gunpoint overnight. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► at gunpoint The storekeeper was robbed at gunpoint. at gunpoint while threatening someone or being threatened with a gun:  She was held at gunpoint for 37 hours.
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