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单词 small arms
释义

small arm

noun

: a handheld firearm (such as a handgun or shoulder arm)
usually used in plural

Synonyms

  • arm
  • firearm
  • gun
  • heat [slang]
  • piece
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Example Sentences

the soldiers keep their small arms securely in their holsters when not on patrol
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Word History

First Known Use

1674, in the meaning defined above

small arms

noun

plural of small arm
as in guns
a portable weapon from which a shot is discharged by gunpowder the soldiers keep their small arms securely in their holsters when not on patrol

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • guns
  • firearms
  • rifles
  • arms
  • zip guns
  • pistols
  • handguns
  • machine guns
  • pieces
  • heat
  • harquebuses
  • submachine guns
  • revolvers
  • machine pistols
  • culverins
  • fieldpieces
  • assault weapons
  • shotguns
  • assault rifles
  • roscoes
  • forty-fives
  • tommy guns
  • sidearms
  • derringers
  • twenty-twos
  • muskets
  • blunderbusses
  • semiautomatics
  • smoothbores
  • matchlocks
  • firelocks
  • self-loaders
  • rods
  • flintlocks
  • carbines
  • automatics
  • .45s
  • breechloaders
  • six-guns
  • gats
  • repeaters
  • arquebuses
  • six-shooters
  • .22s
  • spearguns
  • AK-47s
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