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gunfire

/guhn-fahyuhr/US // ˈgʌnˌfaɪər //UK // (ˈɡʌnˌfaɪə) //

枪声,炮火,炮声,炮击

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the firing of a gun or guns.
    • : Military. the tactical use of firearms, especially artillery, as distinguished from other weapons, as bayonets, torpedoes, or grenades.

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Examples

  • Another store employee chased him, and the deputy and the suspect again exchanged gunfire, officials said.

  • David Blackburn’s brother told police that he was sleeping before hearing gunfire and that he saw his brother “standing by his mother holding a handgun,” detectives wrote.

  • Police said that the Corolla driver, who was struck by gunfire, stopped at the 12th Street Metro stop and that Metro Transit Police helped him.

  • That’s when he heard the gunfire and ran back to where the POWs were.

  • When the officers arrived, Velez said, “they immediately came under gunfire.”

  • One witness said the gunfire began after a traffic collision, which drew the attention of a nearby police officer.

  • Gunfire was exchanged and Sam, who was unarmed, was wounded.

  • The low crunch of packed dirt against rubber tire was overwhelmed by the ragged explosions of automatic gunfire.

  • Behind a chorus of shrill insects, the pops of gunfire can sometimes be heard in the distance.

  • Meanwhile, returning from la-la land to our regularly scheduled program, 86 people died in the United States today from gunfire.

  • When it first received gunfire from a Federal ship, the shots surprisingly glanced off its sides.

  • One moment he was limned in the glow of the flashlight, then gunfire made a blasting hell of that fourth floor.

  • His mad rabbit hunt and the deafening roar of his gunfire had temporarily unhinged his mind.

  • The air was filled with the cracking of gunfire and the deep, savage snarling of the prowlers.

  • Little smoke-puffs all along the battle-front kept pace with the popping of gunfire.