喜樂美語
  1. 1

    To machine-gun someone or something is to shoot at them with a machine gun — a gun that keeps very fast while you hold the trigger. This sense is the verb, not the name of the weapon.

    To machine-gun someone or something machine-gun某人或某物，is就是 with a machine gun用機關槍 shoot at them對他們射擊——a gun那是一種 while you hold the trigger只要你扣著扳機 that keeps firing very fast就會一直快速連發的槍。This sense這個義項 is the verb是動詞，not the name of the weapon不是那件武器的名稱

    News reports use it for real shooting: troops machine-gunned the trucks. The forms are machine-gun, machine-gunned, machine-gunning, usually with a so it does not look like two separate verbs.

    News reports新聞報導 for real shooting在講真實的射擊時 use it會用它：troops machine-gunned the trucks部隊用機槍掃射了那些卡車。The forms are它的變化形是 machine-gun、machine-gunned、machine-gunning，usually with a hyphen通常帶連字號，so it does not look like這樣才不會看起來像 two separate verbs兩個分開的動詞

    Though actually, people sometimes stretch it, in informal talk, to a camera “machine-gunning” a celebrity with photos — a burst of shots, no bullets. That is a joke use. The first meaning you should learn is the gun.

    Though actually不過其實，people人們 sometimes有時 in informal talk在非正式談話裡 stretch it把它延伸，to說 a camera相機 with photos用照片 "machine-gunning"「掃射」 a celebrity名人——a burst of shots一連串快門，no bullets沒有子彈。That那 is a joke use是開玩笑的用法。you should learn你該先學的 The first meaning第一個意思，is the gun是槍的那個

    例句逐字對照、搭配詞、易混淆字

    這一義的完整解析還沒打開。訂閱後可以看到例句怎麼拆、常跟哪些字一起出現， 以及容易跟它搞混的字。

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組成The noun machine gun (a gun that fires by machine action, again and again) used as a verb: machine + gun.

同家族的字

  • machine gunthe weapon; this entry is the verb made from it
  • machinethe first half: the gun works by machinery
  • gunthe second half: it is still a gun

原始詞典資料3 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。

machine-gunverb

  • 1

    To fire a machine gun.

  • 2

    To shoot (people, etc.) with a machine gun.

    • During a time when the New Right is becoming increasingly powerful, when gay people are machine-gunned down in the streets, lesbians and gay men are recognizing the necessity of helping each other out.
  • 3

    To shoot (something) out of or as if out of a machine gun.

    • The opportunity for examining this historical phenomenon was lost on the producers of Making Sense of the Sixties, as images of rock festivals and tragedies were machine-gunned at the viewer, presumably to recreate a sense of the general confusion (as opposed to the cultural excitement) of the period.

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。