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marksman

/mahrks-muhn/US // ˈmɑrks mən //UK // (ˈmɑːksmən) //

射手,神枪手,神射手,狙击手

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural marks·men.

    • : a person who is skilled in shooting at a mark; a person who shoots well.
    • : Military. the lowest rating in rifle marksmanship, below that of sharpshooter and expert.a person who has achieved such a rating.

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Examples

  • She loved to build model planes and ships, became an “expert marksman” at 14 and skied competitively for the United States in slalom and downhill races.

  • Joseph Lobdell was born Lucy Ann Lobdell, a master trapper, hunter and self-taught marksman who left home in men’s clothes to escape a troubled marriage in his 20s.

  • The marksman, a lance corporal in the Coldstream Guards, was 930 yards from his target when he squeezed the trigger.

  • At least one former detective believes that the killer was an expert marksman, according to ABC News.

  • See, in the war on race I am a foot soldier, not a marksman.

  • Boone was such a good marksman that he soon found he could kill his game with half a bullet and less powder.

  • I may say that a Boer even early in life is a good horseman and marksman.

  • With such a marksman he would not be maimed, but killed outright.

  • Sergeant Fugler, the best marksman in the Company, was a hard drinker, with a hobnailed liver.

  • It was a tantalizing sight to Hendrik, who would have liked much to have shown his marksman skill by “creasing” one.