A pistol is a small gun you hold in one hand. A rifle is long and you put it against your shoulder; a pistol is short, so your arm does all the work.

A pistol手槍 is是一種 a small gun小型槍 you hold in one hand用一隻手握著的。A rifle步槍 is long很長 and you put it against your shoulder要抵在肩膀上；a pistol手槍 is short很短, so所以 your arm does all the work全靠你的手臂出力。

Police officers and soldiers often carry pistols, and in some countries a person may keep one at home.

Police officers and soldiers警察和軍人 often carry pistols常常配戴手槍, and in some countries在有些國家 a person may keep one at home一般人也可以在家裡放一把。

One kind of pistol is a revolver: it has a round part that turns and holds the bullets. Other pistols keep the bullets in a small box in the handle.

One kind of pistol手槍的一種 is a revolver是左輪手槍: it它 has有 a round part一個圓形部件 that turns and holds the bullets會轉動、裝子彈的。Other pistols其他的手槍 keep the bullets則是把子彈放 in a small box在一個小盒子裡 in the handle握把裡的。

A starting pistol is the gun that bangs at the beginning of a race; it is still a pistol, even when it only makes a sound.

A starting pistol起跑槍 is the gun是那把槍 that bangs at the beginning of a race在比賽開始時發出巨響的；it它 is still仍然是 a pistol一把手槍, even when it only makes a sound就算它只會發出聲音。

In older American speech, if you call a person a pistol, you mean they are lively and a little wild, often in a fond way — "She's a real pistol." That is informal, and you will not hear it much in Taiwan.

In older American speech在比較舊式的美式口語裡, if you call a person a pistol如果你說一個人是pistol, you mean你的意思是 they are lively and a little wild他們活潑又有點狂野, often in a fond way常常是帶著喜愛的口氣 — "She's a real pistol."「She's a real pistol.」。That is informal這是非正式的說法, and you will not hear it much in Taiwan在台灣不太會聽到。

There is also a verb, to pistol someone, meaning to shoot them with a pistol, but it is rare and a bit old; people usually just say shoot.

There is也有 a verb一個動詞, to pistol someone用pistol當動詞, meaning意思是 to shoot them with a pistol用手槍射擊某人, but但 it is rare and a bit old這用法很少見又有點過時；people usually just say shoot一般人通常就直接說shoot。