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

pistol

/ˈpɪst(ə)l

noun

1A small firearm designed to be held in one hand.Williams was carrying a loaded air pistol in his pocket....

The business man agreed as he pulled out a laser pistol from his back holster.
Aruna pulled out a small pistol from a shoulder holster.

Synonyms

revolver, gun, handgun, side arm;

automatic pistol, six-shooter, thirty-eight, derringer, Browning automatic

informal gat

North American informal piece, shooting iron, Saturday night special, rod, roscoe

trademark Colt, Webley, Luger

2US informal A very energetic or enterprising person: when we first met, he was a pistol, full of ideals and a natural leader...

Matilda, who early on threatens to be a real pistol of a character, becomes the stereotypical, eccentric spinster auntie who teaches her charges useful life lessons in between subjecting them to her annoying habits and quirky behavior.
I knew the last surviving daughter as well and she was a pistol, married eight times, a former flapper from the Twenties.
She'd scale short walls. Anything to get out of that place. Not because it was so terrible. But, because she could. She was a pistol.

verb (pistols, pistolling, pistolled; US pistols, pistoling, pistoled) [with object] dated

Shoot (someone) with a pistol.In fact he pistolled the wounded Fraser at Culloden and the officers celebrated by splashing themselves in Highland blood.

Origin

Mid 16th century: from obsolete French pistole, from German Pistole, from Czech pišt'ala, of which the original meaning was 'whistle', hence 'a firearm' by the resemblance in shape.

Pistol is a rare example of an early borrowing from Czech, from pišt'ala, ‘whistle, pipe’. The Hussite Wars in the 15th century were the first wars in which hand-held guns were of significance, and it is at this time that pišt'ala was used to describe a type of gun with a clear-sounding shot. The word rapidly spread through Europe and arrived in English via French.

单词	pistol
释义	pistol /ˈpɪst(ə)l / noun 1A small firearm designed to be held in one hand.Williams was carrying a loaded air pistol in his pocket.... The business man agreed as he pulled out a laser pistol from his back holster. Aruna pulled out a small pistol from a shoulder holster. Synonyms revolver, gun, handgun, side arm; automatic pistol, six-shooter, thirty-eight, derringer, Browning automatic informal gat North American informal piece, shooting iron, Saturday night special, rod, roscoe trademark Colt, Webley, Luger 2US informal A very energetic or enterprising person: when we first met, he was a pistol, full of ideals and a natural leader... Matilda, who early on threatens to be a real pistol of a character, becomes the stereotypical, eccentric spinster auntie who teaches her charges useful life lessons in between subjecting them to her annoying habits and quirky behavior. I knew the last surviving daughter as well and she was a pistol, married eight times, a former flapper from the Twenties. She'd scale short walls. Anything to get out of that place. Not because it was so terrible. But, because she could. She was a pistol. verb (pistols, pistolling, pistolled; US pistols, pistoling, pistoled) [with object] dated Shoot (someone) with a pistol.In fact he pistolled the wounded Fraser at Culloden and the officers celebrated by splashing themselves in Highland blood. Origin Mid 16th century: from obsolete French pistole, from German Pistole, from Czech pišt'ala, of which the original meaning was 'whistle', hence 'a firearm' by the resemblance in shape. Pistol is a rare example of an early borrowing from Czech, from pišt'ala, ‘whistle, pipe’. The Hussite Wars in the 15th century were the first wars in which hand-held guns were of significance, and it is at this time that pišt'ala was used to describe a type of gun with a clear-sounding shot. The word rapidly spread through Europe and arrived in English via French. Rhymes Bristol, Chrystal, crystal
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