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handgun

/hand-guhn/US // ˈhændˌgʌn //UK // (ˈhændˌɡʌn) //

手枪,手槍,手持枪,手工枪

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any firearm that can be held and fired with one hand; a revolver or a pistol.

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Examples

  • Reid previously faced a jail sentence of up to 23 months for his role in a 2007 road rage incident in which he allegedly wielded a handgun.

  • Police said the man had a holstered handgun and ammunition in his vehicle.

  • At some point, Ocran “displayed a handgun” and was shot by at least one of the officers, according to Gaithersburg Police Chief Mark Sroka.

  • Some participants were dressed in fatigues and carried semi-automatic rifles, handguns or tactical equipment.

  • Gaithersburg Police Chief Mark Sroka said Friday night that the man being pursued “displayed a handgun” near an apartment complex.

  • In states that require a background check for every handgun sale, 38 percent fewer women are shot to death by intimate partners.

  • He qualified as “sharpshooter” on the M1911A1-45 ACP handgun in 1994.

  • He swaggered into the school cafeteria that day with a .22 caliber handgun and started shooting randomly.

  • When the only option for carrying a handgun is to carry concealed, it unfairly discriminates against women and professionals.

  • At 1:52 pm, Platt received a phone call informing him that a handgun had been used in the killing of German.

  • It's difficult to fire a handgun accurately while in motion.

  • He reached inside his blouse and took out a fully loaded handgun.

  • But if you have ever fired a handgun, you don't even think about recoil.

  • He pointed at the little handgun he was still holding in his hand.

  • A beef-faced squire on a pirouetting horse loosed off his gun at Revel, who snatched a handgun from his belt and fired back.