snaphance

n. (用弹簧击发的)早期燧发机,燧发枪

词形变化

snaphances 复数 snaphances

别名

snaphaunce

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A spring lock for discharging a firearm.

  2. 2.

    The firearm to which it is attached.

  3. 3.

    A trifling or second-rate thing or person.

    废旧
  4. 4.

    A snappish retort.

    废旧

词源

Dutch snaphaan (“a gun”), originally, the snapping cock of a gun. See snap and hen.

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