rifle

rifle1
noun
  1. a gun, especially one fired from shoulder level, having a long spirally grooved barrel intended to make a bullet spin and thereby have greater accuracy over a long distance
    步枪，来复枪
    ■(rifles)troops armed with rifles
    步枪队
    [in names]the Burma Rifles.
    缅甸步枪队。
verb
  1. [with obj.][usu. as adj. rifled]make spiral grooves in (a gun or its barrel or bore) to make a bullet spin and thereby have greater accuracy over a long distance
    为（枪、枪管或内膛）凿制来复线
    a line of replacement rifled barrels.
    一排有来复线的备用枪管。
  2. [with obj. and adverbial of direction]hit or kick (a ball) hard and straight
    将（球）迅速有力地击出（或踢出）
    Ferguson rifled home his fourth goal of the season.
    福格森猛射获得本赛季第四个进球。
语源
  1. mid 17th cent.: from French rifler 'graze, scratch', of Germanic origin. The earliest noun usage was in rifle gun, which had ‘rifles ’or spiral grooves cut into the inside of the barrel
rifle2
verb
  1. [no obj.]search through something in a hurried way in order to find or steal something
    搜翻，搜劫
    she rifled through the cassette tapes.
    她翻查了一番那些磁带。
    [with obj.]she rifled the house for money for him.
    为了给他钱，她把房子搜遍了。
    ■[with obj.]steal
    偷盗
    the Lieutenant's servant rifled the dead man's possessions.
    中尉的仆人把死者随身财物洗劫一空。
语源
  1. Middle English: from Old French rifler 'graze, plunder', of Germanic origin
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