rifle

n. 步枪；来复枪

vt. 用步枪射击；抢夺；偷走

中文词源

rifle 抢劫，掠夺，挖槽，步枪，来复枪

来自古法语 rifler,掠夺，抢劫，刮，来自 Proto-Germanic*rifana,刮，抢，来自 PIE*rei,撕，砍，抓，词源同 rive,rift.引申词义挖槽，词义来复枪缩写自 rifled pistol,槽孔火枪。-le,表反复。

rifle (n.): 1775, "portable firearm having a spirally grooved bore," used earlier of the grooves themselves (1751), noun use of rifled (pistol), 1680s, from verb meaning "to cut spiral grooves in" (a gun barrel); see rifle (v.2).
rifle (v.1): "to plunder," early 14c. (implied in rifling), from Old French rifler "strip, filch, plunder, peel off (skin or bark), fleece," literally "to graze, scratch" (12c.), probably from a Germanic source (compare Old English geriflian "to wrinkle," Old High German riffilon "to tear by rubbing," Old Norse rifa "to tear, break"). Related: Rifled; rifling.
rifle (v.2): "to cut spiral grooves in" (a gun barrel), 1630s, probably from French rifler, from Old French rifler "to scratch or groove" (see rifle (v.1)). Related: Rifled; rifling.

1. 音译“来复枪”。

1. They shot him at point blank range with an automatic rifle.: 他们用自动步枪近距离开枪射杀了他。

3. Neighbours heard the sound of rifle fire and alerted the police.: 邻居们听到了步枪声，就报了警。

5. Troops used tear gas and rifle butts to break up the protests.: 军队使用催泪瓦斯和枪托驱散示威者。