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silencer

/sahy-luhn-ser/US // ˈsaɪ lən sər //UK // (ˈsaɪlənsə) //

消声器,消音器,消音机,消音器

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person or thing that silences.
    • : a device for deadening the report of a firearm.
    • : Chiefly British. the muffler on an internal-combustion engine.

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Examples

  • Gaga's featured in it, looking glam and wielding her weapon of choice: a handgun with a silencer.

  • Ibrahim was opening the door when he was shot with a silencer-equipped weapon.

  • And it seems no one heard a sound, leading to the presumption that the killer—or killers—used a silencer.

  • Three of the four had driven from Sweden into Denmark armed with a machine gun with silencer and a pistol.

  • He has loaded his Maxim (no Silencer attached), taken careful aim, and—bang!

  • Dawson's eyes saw the revolver with the silencer fitted to the barrel.

  • An automatic equipped with a flash light and a silencer put a bullet into his leg while he was looking for you in the cellar.

  • Special precautions must be taken against that vilest of all inventions of diabolical ingenuity—the Maxim "silencer."

  • The mere possession of any kind of "silencer" should constitute a most serious criminal offence.