shotgun
美音:
[´ʃɔt´gʌn
]英音:
[´ʃɔt´gʌn
]n.散弹猎枪,鸟枪
难易程度:
shotgun为短语/超纲词汇
shotgun
n
1 gun for firing cartridges containing shot1(5), eg at birds, rabbits, etc 散弹枪(如用于打鸟、兔者); 猎枪; 鸟枪. =>illus at gun 见 gun 插图.
2 (idm 习语) a shotgun `wedding wedding of two people who are or feel forced to marry, usu because the woman is pregnant 被迫举行的结婚(通常指已怀孕).
shotgun
n[C]
a long gun fired from the shoulder, that shoots many small round balls at one time, used especially for killing birds or animals
The robbers were armed with sawn-off shotguns (=ones that have been made shorter, so the balls go in different directions) .