blunderbuss

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈblʌn.dəˌbʌs/    美 /ˈblʌn.dɚˌbʌs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An old style of muzzleloading firearm and early form of shotgun with a distinctive short, large caliber barrel that is flared at the muzzle, therefore able to fire scattered quantities of nails, stones, shot, etc. at short range.
    — We fired the blunderbuss several times by way of salute, and soon after landed at the bank near the village of the Mahahas, or Shoe Indians, and were received by a crowd of people, who came to welcome our return.
动词 v.
  1. To shoot with a blunderbuss. transitive

词形变化

blunderbusses plural blunderbusses present,singular,third-person blunderbussing participle,present blunderbussed participle,past blunderbussed past

词源

词源 1
From Dutch donderbus (“blunderbuss”, literally “thunder gun”), which was altered under the influence of blunder.
词源 2
From Dutch donderbus (“blunderbuss”, literally “thunder gun”), which was altered under the influence of blunder.
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