A musket is an old kind of gun that a soldier held against the shoulder and fired.

A musket滑膛槍 is an old kind of gun是一種老式的槍 that a soldier held against the shoulder and fired士兵會扛在肩膀上發射

Armies used muskets from about the 1500s into the 1800s, before the modern rifle took over. The inside of the barrel was usually smooth, so the shot was less true than a later rifle, and loading took time; soldiers often stood in lines and fired together.

Armies used muskets軍隊使用滑膛槍 from about the 1500s into the 1800s大約從1500年代用到1800年代 before the modern rifle took over在現代來福槍取代它之前 The inside of the barrel was usually smooth槍管內部通常是滑面的 so the shot was less true than a later rifle所以準頭比後來的來福槍差 and loading took time裝彈也很花時間；soldiers often stood in lines and fired together士兵常常排成一列一起開槍

The name did not start as a gun. It came from a word for a small hawk (a sparrowhawk), itself from a “little fly,” and then people used bird-of-prey names for weapons — the same kind of habit as falcon for a gun.

The name did not start as a gun這個名稱一開始並不是指槍 It came from a word for a small hawk (a sparrowhawk)它源自一種小鷹（雀鷹）的字, itself from a 'little fly,'而那個字又源自「小蒼蠅」 and then people used bird-of-prey names for weapons後來人們把猛禽的名字拿來叫武器 — the same kind of habit as falcon for a gun就像用 falcon（獵鷹）稱呼一種槍一樣的習慣

You meet musket in history books and old war stories, not in talk about today’s army.

In history books and old war stories在歷史書和舊戰爭故事裡 you meet musket你會遇到 musket這個詞 not in talk about today's army而不是在講現代軍隊的談話裡