halfcock

vt. 扣到半击发位置

词形变化

halfcocked halfcocking halfcocks 三单 halfcocks halfcocking 现在分词 halfcocked 过去式 halfcocked 过去分词

别名

half cock

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The position when the cock of a gun is at the first notch.

    不可数 工程 政治 军事
v.
  1. 1.

    To set the cock of a firearm at the first notch.

    工程 政治 军事

词汇关系

名词

上位词 4

confusion disarray confusedness muddiness

相关短语

go off at halfcock goes off at halfcock going off at halfcock went off at halfcock gone off at halfcock go off half-cocked 发脾气; 轻率作出反应

词源

From half + cock.

来源：wiktionary