英:[ˈpɪstl]
美:[ˈpɪstl]
英:[ˈpɪstl]
美:[ˈpɪstl]
pis·tol
pI stl
复数:pistols
第三人称单数:pistols
现在分词:pistolling或pistoling
过去式:pistolled或pistoled
过去分词:pistolled或pistoled
noun
a firearm made to be held and fired with one hand.
transitive verb
to shoot by using a pistol.
air pistoln. 气手枪
pocket pistol[戏谑语、口语](可藏在衣袋里的)小酒瓶 [亦作pocket-pistol]
water pistol玩具水枪
这组词都有“枪,炮”的意思,其区别是:
pistol指手枪。
fifle指步枪类的枪。
gun系枪的通称。
cannon在军事上,现在gun指火炮,取代了cannon这一名词。
以上来源于网络
"手枪,一种带有弯曲手柄的小型火器,旨在瞄准和射击时单手持握",1570年代,源自法语 pistole "短枪"(1566),其起源不确定,有时被认为源自德语 Pistole,源自捷克语 pis'tala "火器",字面意思是"管子,管道",源自 pisteti "吹口哨",这是一个拟声词,与俄语 pischal "牧羊人的笛子"有关。
但早期的英语形式 pistolet(1550)据说源自法语 pistolet "小型火器",也是"小匕首",据说与意大利 pistolese 有关,指托斯卡纳的城镇 Pistoia,以制造枪械而闻名。
Pistol-whip(动词)"用手枪的枪托击打(某人)",记录于1942年。Pistol-grip "手柄形状像手枪的枪托",记录于1874年。
发令枪
Middle French pistole, from German, from Middle High German pischulle, from Czech píšt'ala, literally, pipe, fife; akin to Czech pištět to squeak
The first known use of pistol was circa 1560
pitcher1 of 2noun
a container for holding and pouring liquids that usually has a lip or spout and a handle
pitcher2 of 2noun
one that pitchesespecially: a baseball player who pitches
pitcher1 of 2noun
a container for holding and pouring liquids that usually has a lip or spout and a handle
pitcher2 of 2noun
one that pitchesespecially: a baseball player who pitches
pitcher1 of 2noun
a container for holding and pouring liquids that usually has a lip or spout and a handle
pitcher2 of 2noun
one that pitchesespecially: a baseball player who pitches
pitch1 of 4noun
a dark sticky substance left over from distilling tar and used in making roofing paper, in waterproofing seams, and in paving
resin from various cone-bearing trees
pitch2 of 4verb
to cover, smear, or treat with pitch
pitch3 of 4verb
to erect and fix firmly in place
pitch a tent
to throw usually toward a certain point
pitch hay into a wagon
to present or advertise especially in a high-pressure way
to fix or set at a particular pitch or level a test pitched at a 5th-grade reading level
pitch a tune too high
to cause to be set at a certain angle : slope
to fall or plunge forward
pitch from a cliff
to move in such a way that one end falls while the other end rises
a ship pitching in a rough sea
buck entry 2 sense 1a
a pitching horse
to throw a ball to a batter
to play ball as a pitcher
pitch4 of 4noun
the action or a manner of pitchingespecially: an up-and-down movement
slope or degree of slope
the forward distance advanced by a propeller as it makes one revolution
the amount or level of something (as a feeling)
excitement reached a high pitch
highness or lowness of sound
a standard frequency for tuning instruments
the oboe sounded the pitch
a high-pressure sales talk
recommendation sense 1
made a pitch for tax cuts
the delivery of a baseball by a pitcher to a batter
pitchblendenoun
a brown to black mineral that is a source of uranium and radium
pit-a-patnoun
pitter-patter
pitanoun
a thin flat bread
pistonnoun
a sliding piece moved by or moving against the pressure of a fluid (as steam or hot gases) that usually consists of a short solid cylinder moving within a larger hollow cylinder
pistonnoun
a sliding piece moved by or moving against the pressure of a fluid (as steam or hot gases) that usually consists of a short solid cylinder moving within a larger hollow cylinder
pistolnoun
a short firearm made to be aimed and fired with one hand
1 Hans and Herribert examine the man’s leather pistol belt with dazzled eyes.
2 Mrs. Turner shook her arm free, raised the umbrella again, this time with two hands, and brought it down, goose head first, with a crack like a pistol shot, onto the Humber’s shiny bonnet.
3 Very slowly, Sergeant Hicks transferred the swagger stick to his left hand, unsnapped his holster, and slowly drew his pistol.
4 The boy tried to hand him the pistol but he wouldnt take it.
5 He went to his bunk, pulled his bag from underneath it and took out a Luger pistol.
6 He came back and handed me the pistol.
7 Sabres and pistols and fencing foils, each twinned with another, prepared for dozens of potential duels.
8 Two bullets were retrieved from Whitehorn’s skull, and they appeared to have come from a .32-caliber pistol—the same kind of weapon that had been suspected in Anna’s murder.
9 Nailer lifted his own pistol, shooting through the rain, sure that he was missing and yet squeezing the trigger anyway.
10 He carries a pistol at his belt.
他腰佩一支手枪.
11 One, the smaller man, was heading up the ridge on his horse, but way off to the side safely beyond pistol range.
12 The American teenager whipped out a small-caliber pistol and began shooting.
13 I raised the pistol so’s everyone could see it.
14 Their guns—some were rifles, other pistols—looked . . . archaic, rustic.
15 Emma closed her hand and the flame hissed out, and we all spun to see a man standing in the doorway, holding a flashlight in one hand and a pistol in the other.
16 I remember his reflection in the mirror as he raised the pistol to his head.
17 Nailer held the lightweight thing in his hand, so different from the sorts of pistols he had seen others use.
18 She had two six-shooter pistols in her hands and the way her face looked you could tell she wished she could’ve emptied them on somebody.
19 The barricades had been broken and the defenders were openly fighting in the streets, first until they used up their ration of rifle bullets, then with pistols against rifles, and finally hand to hand.
20 He placed the pistol on the desk and grasped my shoulder.