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gatling gun

/gat-ling/US // ˈgæt lɪŋ //

加特林机枪,加特林枪,加特林炮,卡特林枪

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an early type of machine gun consisting of a revolving cluster of barrels around a central axis, each barrel being automatically loaded and fired every revolution of the cluster.

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Examples

  • “You can imagine the sound of that gun on a Bronx street,” Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce says.

  • That act forever sealed his feeling for the Chief, bound it up with the war, with violence, with the gun.

  • I mean, the reality of it was, I had to go out and get on a horse, and ride in, shoot the gun — how hard was that, right?

  • They were the machine gun bullets coming from the ambush when my company got hit.

  • Frias—who was arrested in 2013 for interfering with public duties and public intoxication—was not carrying a gun at the time.

  • This was no strange sight to the boy by that time, but it was awkward in the circumstances, for he had neither gun nor spear.

  • He turned at the sound of my voice with vastly more concern than he'd betrayed under the muzzle of Piegan's gun.

  • He was a good judge of men, that eagle-faced major; he knew that the slightest move with hostile intent would mean a smoking gun.

  • Here Robinson suddenly turned pale, and, hastily reaching out for his gun, sprang to his feet.

  • I begged him to come down here, but he wouldn't—says that his hand is no longer steady enough to hold a gun—it's awful!