rifle1
KK: [ˈraɪfḷ]
DJ: [ˈraifl]
n.
- 步槍,來福槍[C]
He pulled the trigger of his
rifle.
他扣響了他步槍的扳機。
- 膛線砲[C]
- 步槍隊[P]
The
rifles lay behind the hill waiting for the order to fire.
步槍隊埋伏在小山後面,等待命令開火。
vt.
- 在……內做來福線
- 用步槍射擊
rifle2
KK: [ˈraɪfḷ]
DJ: [ˈraifl]
vt.
- 洗劫,劫掠[(+of)]
The thief
rifled every drawer in the room.
竊賊洗劫了房內所有抽屜裡的東西。
- 偷走,盜走
The raccoons
rifled all the food in the camp.
浣熊竊走了營地的全部食品。
衍生
辨析
rifle1
n.
- a gun, especially one fired from shoulder level, having a long spirally grooved barrel to make a bullet spin and thereby increase accuracy over a long distance.
-
(rifles)
troops armed with rifles.
v.
-
[usu. as adj. rifled]
make spiral grooves in (a gun or its barrel or bore).
- hit or kick (a ball) hard and straight.
Etymology
C17: from Fr. rifler ‘graze, scratch’, of Gmc origin.
rifle2
v.
search through something hurriedly in order to find or steal something.
▸steal (something).
Etymology
ME: from OFr. rifler ‘graze, plunder’, of Gmc origin.