gun 1 S2 W2 / ɡʌn / 名词 [可数名词]

1 a metal weapon which shoots bullets or shell s

have/hold/carry a gun

I could see he was carrying a gun.

I’ve never fired a gun in my life.

Jake was pointing a gun at the door.

Two policemen were killed in a gun battle .

2 put/hold a gun to sb’s head

a) to put a gun very close to someone’s head to shoot them or to force them to do something :

He put a gun to her head and told the cashier to hand over the money.

b) to force someone to do something they do not want to do :

You chose to live here. Nobody put a gun to your head.

3 a tool that forces out small objects or a liquid by pressure :

a paint gun

a nail gun → flashgun , spray gun

4 ( also starting pistol ) a gun which is fired into the air at the start of a race

5 big/top gun American English informal someone who is very important within an organization :

Jed wanted to impress a Harvard professor and some other big guns.

6 hired gun American English informal someone who is paid to shoot someone else

7 with all guns blazing if you do something with all guns blazing, you do it with a lot of energy, determination, and noise

→ son of a gun , → stick to your guns at stick 1 , → jump the gun at jump 1 ( 11 ) , → be going great guns at great 1 ( 11 ) , → spike sb’s guns at spike 2 ( 6 )