gun1 /ɡʌn/ ●●● S2 W2 noun [countableC] 1 PMWa metal weapon which shoots bullets or shells 枪;炮have/hold/carry a gun I could see he was carrying a gun. 我看到他带着一把枪。
I’ve never fired a gun in my life. 我这辈子从来没开过枪。
Jake was pointing a gun at the door. 杰克用枪对着门口。
Two policemen were killed in a gun battle. 两名警察在一次枪战中丧生。
2 put/hold a gun to somebody’s head a) to put a gun very close to someone’s head to shoot them or to force them to do something 用枪指着某人的头 He put a gun to her head and told the cashier to hand over the money. 他用枪指着她的头,叫出纳员把钱交出来。
b) to force someone to do something they do not want to do 逼某人,胁迫某人就范 You chose to live here. Nobody put a gun to your head. 是你自己要住在这里,又没有人强迫你。
put/hold a gun to somebody’s head• He might as well have put a gun to my head.
4. (also starting pistol) a gun which is fired into the air at the start of a race 发令枪 5 big/top gun American EnglishAmE informal someone who is very important within an organization 大人物,头号人物 Jed wanted to impress a Harvard professor and some other big guns. 杰德想给一位哈佛教授以及其他几位大人物留个好印象。
6. hired gun American EnglishAmE informalKILL someone who is paid to shoot someone else 雇用的枪手[刺客] 7. with all guns blazing if you do something with all guns blazing, you do it with a lot of energy, determination, and noise 劲头十足,热火朝天with all guns blazing• Ewood Park is a lucky ground for them and in the first half they went for Blackburn with all guns blazing.• Kasparov has won, but Karpov went down with all guns blazing to an honourable defeat.• Naomi has moved in, with all guns blazing. → son of a gun, → stick to your guns at stick1, → jump the gun at jump1(11), → be going great guns at great1(11), → spike somebody’s guns at spike2(6)