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A gunslinger is someone who is very good with a gun, especially in stories about the old American West. In those stories the gunslinger is often an outlaw or a hired fighter who settles trouble by shooting, not a soldier and not a police officer.
A gunslinger isGunslinger是 someone who is very good with a gun很會用槍的人,especially in stories about the old American West尤其常出現在講美國舊西部的故事裡。In those stories在那些故事裡 the gunslinger is often通常 an outlaw or a hired fighter不法之徒或受雇的打手 who settles trouble by shooting靠開槍解決糾紛,not a soldier and not a police officer不是軍人也不是警察。
The word has a film-and-legend feeling: fast hands, a holster, a dusty street.
The word這個詞 has a film-and-legend feeling帶有電影和傳奇的味道:fast hands快手、a holster槍套、a dusty street塵土飛揚的街道。
People do stretch it. A newspaper might call a criminal a gunslinger for colour, and some speakers even use it, a little jokingly, for someone who is aggressive and quick in an argument — though actually that is a stretch, and many people would not. It is not a neutral job title.
People do stretch it有人確實會把這個詞用寬。A newspaper報紙 might call a criminal a gunslinger for colour可能為了生動而把罪犯叫做gunslinger,and some speakers even use it有些人甚至用它 a little jokingly半開玩笑地 for someone who is aggressive and quick in an argument形容在爭論中又兇又快的人——though actually that is a stretch不過那其實是引申用法,and many people would not很多人不會這樣用。It is not a neutral job title它不是一個中性的職稱。
If you just mean a person who owns a gun, this is the wrong word.
If you just mean如果你只是想說 a person who owns a gun一個擁有槍的人,this is the wrong word這個詞就用錯了。
組成gun + slinger. A slinger is someone who slings — throws or swings — something. So a gunslinger is a person who ‘slings’ a gun: uses it fast.
同家族的字
- gunthe first part: the weapon
- slingthe verb behind slinger: to throw or swing something
- mudslingerthe same -slinger ending: someone who ‘throws mud’, meaning insults
原始詞典資料2 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。
gunslingernoun
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historicalA person in the Old West who carried a gun and was an expert at quickly drawing it and firing.
- Along with Dolores, there’s Teddy (James Marsden), a heroic-seeming gunslinger looking for adventure.
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A person who behaves with the reckless bravado expected of someone who would duel with guns.
- HIP YOUNG GUNSLINGERS WANTED (BASS, DRUMS, GUITAR) FOR NEW BAND. MUST BE INTO REM, PRIMAL SCREAM, FANCLUB ETC. CONTACT BARRY IN THE SHOP.
- The perception of the hedge fund world is that of gunslingers and traders who manage billions of dollars by the seat of their pants.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。