- 1槍枝、槍械（台灣用「枝」；中國大陸常寫「槍支」。口語多半仍說「槍」）
A firearm is a gun: a weapon that sends a bullet or shot out when you pull the trigger, using a small explosion inside the barrel. People reach for this word when they want to sound careful or official — in laws, in the news, on airport signs, in police talk. In everyday speech most people just say gun. It covers the whole group: a small gun for one hand, a long gun for the shoulder, a hunting gun. It does not cover a bow, a knife, or a bomb. Though actually, the fire here is not a . It is the old idea of — sending something out with a bang. And arm here is an old word for a weapon, not the part of your body between your shoulder and your hand.
From the word’s history
fire + arm.
由 fire「火」和 arm「武器」合成。
組成From fire (“projectile discharge” — the shooting kind of fire) + arm (“weapon”). Fire comes down from Old English fȳr and Middle English fyr, and further back from Proto-Germanic *fōr.
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。
firearmnoun/ˈfaɪəɹˌɑː(ɹ)m/
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A personal weapon that uses explosive powder to propel a projectile often made of lead.
- David was arrested for illegal possession of firearms.
- Understanding gun ownership in the US can help inform debates about firearm laws (or lack thereof). […] There are about 393 million privately owned firearms in the US, according to an estimate by the Switzerland-based Small Arms Survey – or in other words, 120 guns for every 100 Americans.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。