A semi-automatic weapon moves each new bullet into place for you after you fire. You still press the trigger once for each shot, but the next shot can come very quickly, because you do not have to load that next bullet with your hands.

A semi-automatic weapon一把semi-automatic的武器 moves each new bullet into place for you after you fire在你開槍之後，會自動幫你把下一發子彈送進定位。You still press the trigger once for each shot你每開一槍還是要按一次扳機，but the next shot can come very quickly但下一發可以來得非常快，because you do not have to load that next bullet with your hands因為你不用自己用手把下一發子彈裝進去。

It is not fully automatic. A fully automatic gun keeps firing for as long as you hold the trigger down.

It is not fully automatic它不是全自動的。A fully automatic gun keeps firing for as long as you hold the trigger down一把全自動的槍只要你按住扳機不放，就會一直發射。

People, and sometimes news reports, blur that line and call a semi-automatic gun “automatic.” Though actually, soldiers, police, and gun laws care about the difference: one trigger-press, one shot, versus a stream of shots.

People, and sometimes news reports, blur that line and call a semi-automatic gun “automatic.”一般人，有時候連新聞報導，會把這條界線混在一起，把semi-automatic的槍叫成「automatic」。Though actually不過事實上，soldiers, police, and gun laws care about the difference士兵、警察、和槍枝法律很在意這個差別：one trigger-press, one shot, versus a stream of shots一次扣扳機、一發子彈，相對於連續一串子彈。

The word is also a noun: a semi-automatic can mean that kind of gun. You will meet it in news, films, and games.

The word is also a noun這個詞也可以當名詞用：a semi-automatic can mean that kind of gun一個semi-automatic可以指那種槍。You will meet it in news, films, and games你會在新聞、電影、和遊戲裡遇到它。

In Taiwan this is almost always something you read about, not something in the house. People also call some cameras semi-automatic when the machine does part of the work — but this sense is the weapon.

In Taiwan台灣的話，this is almost always something you read about, not something in the house這幾乎都是你在文章裡讀到的東西，不是家裡會有的東西。People also call some cameras semi-automatic人們也會把一些相機叫做semi-automatic when the machine does part of the work當機器幫你做一部分的工作的時候——but this sense is the weapon但這個詞條講的是武器的意思。