suppressor

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A device which suppresses something, especially an electronic or mechanical device.
  2. A device which suppresses something, especially an electronic or mechanical device.; A device added to the barrel of a firearm which reduces the noise and flash generated by firing the weapon.
    — Silencers, also called suppressors, are tube-shaped devices that, when screwed into the muzzle of a gun, slow the decompression of gases that propel a bullet forward, thus reducing the “pop” sound of gunfire. […] “I don’t think in real life, in practical applications, that there is that great of a tactical advantage to use a suppressor, especially for something like a mass shooting,” Gutowski said.
  3. A person who suppresses others, a tyrant.
  4. A gene that suppresses the effect of another through epistasis.

词形变化

suppressors plural

词源

From suppress + -or.
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