powder burn

短语

词形变化

powder burns 复数

别名

powder-burn

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A burn, ordinarily superficial and on someone's skin, resulting from proximity to an explosion of gunpowder, such as that associated with the discharge of a firearm.

    Tom Chaney is a depraved man who kills for no good reason. . . . Chaney has a powder burn on his face.