A repeater is a gun you can fire more than once before you have to put new shots in. Older guns made you stop after every single shot: you loaded, you fired, and then you had to load all over again.

A repeaterrepeater(連發槍) is a gun you can fire more than once是一種可以連續開好幾槍的槍, before you have to put new shots in不用每次都重新裝彈。Older guns舊式的槍 made you stop after every single shot每開一槍就得停下來: you loaded你先裝彈, you fired開槍, and then you had to load all over again然後又得重新裝一次。

A repeater keeps extra shots ready inside it, so you can fire, then fire again, then fire again, until those shots are gone. Only then do you load.

A repeaterrepeater keeps extra shots ready inside it裡面預先準備好額外的子彈, so you can fire, then fire again, then fire again所以你可以開一槍、再開一槍、再開一槍, until those shots are gone直到那些子彈用完為止。Only then do you load到那時候你才需要重新裝彈。

People used the word a lot in the 1800s, when this kind of gun still felt new.

People used the word a lot in the 1800s人們在1800年代很常用這個字, when this kind of gun still felt new那時候這種槍還算是新鮮事。

A revolver — the gun with a round part that turns — is one kind of repeater, because it holds several shots at once.

A revolver也就是revolver（有個會旋轉圓形部件的槍） — the gun with a round part that turns, is one kind of repeater是repeater的一種, because it holds several shots at once因為它可以一次裝好幾發子彈。

Though actually, in a gun shop today you are more likely to hear repeating rifle than repeater; the shorter word now feels a little old, or a little technical, and it shows up most in history and in talk about old guns. It is not a rude word. It is just not the first word most people reach for when they mean a gun.

Though actually不過其實, in a gun shop today今天在槍店裡, you are more likely to hear repeating rifle than repeater你比較常聽到repeating rifle而不是repeater; the shorter word now feels a little old, or a little technical這個比較短的字現在聽起來有點過時，或有點技術性, and it shows up most in history and in talk about old guns最常出現在歷史或談論老槍枝的場合。It is not a rude word它不是一個粗魯的字。It is just not the first word most people reach for when they mean a gun只是大多數人講到槍的時候，不會第一個想到用這個字。