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Buckshot is many small metal balls together from a shotgun. They spread as they fly, so they cover a wider space than one single bullet. The name comes from hunting: a buck is a male deer, and these balls were the large kind, big enough for that animal. Smaller balls, for birds, are called . You will hear buckshot in hunting talk, in the news, and in crime stories. It is a hard, adult word, and it is not the same thing as a rifle bullet.
鹿彈(散彈槍用的大型鉛丸。台灣說散彈;中國大陸常寫霰彈)
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
buckshotnoun
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Lead shot used in shotgun cartridges, made of larger pellets than birdshot and suitable for hunting larger game.
- Our men were all well armed with Colt's revolvers and Mississippi yagers, which last, carried a bullet, and two buckshots.
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