| 单词 | rifle |
| 释义 | rifle 1. n. & v. --n 1. a gun with a long rifled barrel, esp. one fired from shoulder-level. 2. (in pl.) riflemen. --vtr. make spiral grooves in (a gun or its barrel or bore) to make a bullet spin. Phrases and idioms rifle bird any dark green Australian bird of paradise of the genus Ptiloris. rifle-range a place for rifle-practice. rifle-shot 1. the distance coverable by a shot from a rifle. 2. a shot fired with a rifle. Etymology: OF rifler graze, scratch f. Gmc 2. v.tr. & (foll. by through) intr. 1. search and rob, esp. of all that can be found. 2. carry off as booty. Etymology: ME f. OF rifler graze, scratch, plunder f. ODu. riffelen |
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