英语词汇“machine-gunning”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

machine-gun

2 of 3

verb

machine-gunned; machine-gunning; machine-guns

transitive verb

: to shoot at, wound, or kill (someone or something) with a machine gun

… machine-gunned a marauding gang of terrorists outside the U.S. embassy …

Terry Eagleton

A few years later someone machine-gunned to death the prosecutor who wanted to try the group for killing the soldiers.

Paul Berman

machine gunner noun

or less commonly machine-gunner

plural machine gunners also machine-gunners

These battalions were composed of the hardened infantrymen—riflemen, machine gunners, grenadiers, and mortarmen—who carried the main burden of the war.

Shelby L. Stanton

Example Sentences

Noun They heard the sound of machine-gun fire.

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

There’s a moment when someone hands off a giant machine gun to the guy on the motorcycle.

Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Aug. 2022 He had been issued a machine gun and was headed to the war.

Robyn Dixon, Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2022 For example, a machine gun or similar firearm is mounted on top of an otherwise familiar dancing-and-prancing robot.

Lance Eliot, Forbes, 25 July 2022 At a June 13 rally at the school in support of the trans students, another student reportedly expressed his desire to aim an automatic machine gun in the direction of the demonstrators, forcing the school to go into lockdown.

Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 21 June 2022 The bump stock effectively turns the AR-15 into a machine gun capable of area fire.

Phil Klay, The New Yorker, 11 June 2022 When placed on the back of a gun, the small, simple devices can change a handgun into a mini-machine gun.

CBS News, 8 June 2022 Rolled out of the garage, into the pits and fired up, the Rallye Quattro A2 was louder than a rented machine gun at a Las Vegas firing range.

Robert Ross, Robb Report, 1 June 2022 Hamzeh planned to raise an entrapment defense at trial this year, but pleaded guilty in December to possessing an unregistered machine gun that was sold to him by undercover FBI agents.

Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 May 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1906, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1894, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1867, in the meaning defined above

单词	machine-gunning
释义	machine-gun 1 of 3 adjective ma·chine-gun mə-ˈshēn-ˌgən : characterized by rapidity and sharpness : rapid-fire a comic's machine-gun delivery machine-gun 2 of 3 verb machine-gunned; machine-gunning; machine-guns transitive verb : to shoot at, wound, or kill (someone or something) with a machine gun … machine-gunned a marauding gang of terrorists outside the U.S. embassy … Terry Eagleton A few years later someone machine-gunned to death the prosecutor who wanted to try the group for killing the soldiers. Paul Berman machine gunner noun or less commonly machine-gunner plural machine gunners also machine-gunners These battalions were composed of the hardened infantrymen—riflemen, machine gunners, grenadiers, and mortarmen—who carried the main burden of the war. Shelby L. Stanton machine gun 3 of 3 noun plural machine guns : a gun for sustained rapid fire that uses bullets broadly : an automatic weapon Example Sentences Noun They heard the sound of machine-gun fire. Recent Examples on the Web Noun There’s a moment when someone hands off a giant machine gun to the guy on the motorcycle. Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Aug. 2022 He had been issued a machine gun and was headed to the war. Robyn Dixon, Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2022 For example, a machine gun or similar firearm is mounted on top of an otherwise familiar dancing-and-prancing robot. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 25 July 2022 At a June 13 rally at the school in support of the trans students, another student reportedly expressed his desire to aim an automatic machine gun in the direction of the demonstrators, forcing the school to go into lockdown. Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 21 June 2022 The bump stock effectively turns the AR-15 into a machine gun capable of area fire. Phil Klay, The New Yorker, 11 June 2022 When placed on the back of a gun, the small, simple devices can change a handgun into a mini-machine gun. CBS News, 8 June 2022 Rolled out of the garage, into the pits and fired up, the Rallye Quattro A2 was louder than a rented machine gun at a Las Vegas firing range. Robert Ross, Robb Report, 1 June 2022 Hamzeh planned to raise an entrapment defense at trial this year, but pleaded guilty in December to possessing an unregistered machine gun that was sold to him by undercover FBI agents. Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 May 2022 See More Word History First Known Use Adjective 1906, in the meaning defined above Verb 1894, in the meaning defined above Noun 1867, in the meaning defined above Kids Definition machine gun noun : a gun that fires bullets continuously and rapidly machine-gunning verb present participle of machine-gun as in killing Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance killing shotgunning destroying massacring dispatching slaughtering slaying tommy-gunning annihilating butchering decimating peppering felling croaking gunning pistolling blazing pistoling icing wiping out doing in shooting drilling blotting out popping plugging bringing down firing (at) picking off blasting (at) blowing away potshotting dropping shooting down sniping (at)
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machine-gun

adjective

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noun

Example Sentences

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Kids Definition

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