guns

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n.  枪; 炮; 喷射器; 喷枪; 起跑信号; 发令枪声
v.  快速运转; 使(车辆)加速
gun的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 枪；炮
  Agunis a weapon from which bullets or other things are fired.
  1. He produced a gun and he came into the house...
     他掏出枪来，走进房子。
  2. The inner-city has guns and crime and drugs and deprivation.
     市中心的贫民区充斥着滥用枪支、犯罪、吸毒和贫困问题。
  3. ...gun control laws.
     枪支管制法
• N-COUNT 发令枪
  Agunor astarting gunis an object like a gun that is used to make a noise to signal the start of a race.
  1. The starting gun blasted and they were off.
     发令枪响了，他们冲了出去。
• VERB 把…发动起来；给…加大油门；使加速
  Togunan engine or a vehicle means to make it start or go faster by pressing on the accelerator pedal.
  1. He gunned his engine and drove off.
     他发动引擎，驱车而去。
• See also:airgunmachine-gunshotgunsub-machine gun
• PHRASE 全力以赴；鼓足干劲
  If you come outwith guns blazingorwith all guns blazing, you put all your effort and energy into trying to achieve something.
  1. The company came out with guns blazing.
     公司鼓足了劲要大干一番。
• PHRASE 抢先行动；过早地行动
  If youjump the gun, you do something before everyone else or before the proper or right time.
  1. It wasn't due to be released until September 10, but some booksellers have jumped the gun and decided to sell it early.
     这本书定于9月10号发行，但是一些书商已抢先一步，决定提前销售。
• PHRASE 坚持自己的立场；固执己见；一意孤行
  If youstick toyourguns, you continue to have your own opinion about something even though other people are trying to tell you that you are wrong.
  1. He should have stuck to his guns and refused to meet her.
     他本应坚持己见，拒绝与她会面。

双语例句

• He should have stuck to his guns and refused to meet her.
  他本应坚持己见，拒绝与她会面。
• He may have been eclipsed by the young guns, but his films are still very popular.
  年轻一辈的光芒可能会让他显得有些黯然失色，但他的电影仍旧十分受欢迎。
• The demonstrators fled when soldiers toting machine guns advanced on the crowd.
  当持有机枪的士兵向人群进逼时，示威者逃散了。
• The heavy guns have again fallen silent.
  重型枪炮的声音又一次安静了下来。
• Soldiers came charging through the forest, guns at the ready.
  荷枪实弹的士兵穿过林区冲了上来。
• They fired ( their guns) at [ on, upon] the enemy.
  他们向敌人开炮。
• Hand-held guns proved no match for heavy armor.
  结果证明，手持枪械无法同重型装甲抗衡。
• The soldiers — all of whom we knew as neighbours — stood around pointing guns at us.
  那些士兵——我们都视之为邻居的人——站在四周用枪指着我们。
• He said thousands of Koreans still levelled guns at one another along the demilitarised zone between them.
  他说在非军事区两边仍然有数以千计的韩国和朝鲜军人用枪互相瞄准对方。
• The noise of bombs and guns was incessant
  炸弹和枪炮接连不断。