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单词 blunderbuss
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
blun•der•buss /ˈblʌndərˌbʌs/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Militarya short gun having a wide mouth so as to scatter shot.
  2. an insensitive, blundering person.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
blun•der•buss  (blundər bus′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Militarya short musket of wide bore with expanded muzzle to scatter shot, bullets, or slugs at close range.
  2. an insensitive, blundering person.
  • Dutch donderbus (equivalent. to donder thunder + bus gun, box1) with donder replaced by blunder. See harquebus
  • 1645–55

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
blunderbuss /ˈblʌndəˌbʌs/ n
  1. an obsolete short musket with large bore and flared muzzle, used to scatter shot at short range
Etymology: 17th Century: changed (through the influence of blunder) from Dutch donderbus; from donder thunder + obsolete bus gun
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