- 1槍口；at gunpoint：在槍口威逼下
Gunpoint almost never lives as a free, lonely noun. The living phrase is at gunpoint: while a gun is pointed at someone, so they do what they are told because they are afraid of being shot. A robbery, a hijack, or a may happen at gunpoint. News English can put either person in the picture — the one in danger, or the one forcing the other. Point here is the tip of the gun, the muzzle aimed at the body. It is a crime-and-news word, serious, not playful. You do not stretch it into everyday “pointing” (a finger, a pencil). The shape of the phrase is frozen: at gunpoint, not in or on.
From the word’s history
Compound of gun + point.
gun（槍）和 point（點）合成：槍口前方。
組成From gun + point. The point is the tip — the muzzle aimed at someone.
同家族的字
- gunthe weapon whose tip is pointed at someone
原始詞典資料2 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。
gunpointnoun/ˈɡʌnpɔɪnt/
- 1
A location in the front of the muzzle of a gun.
- 2
Threat or coercion by display or aiming a firearm or similar weapon.
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。