taser

FREQ #17119

n. 泰瑟枪（一种武器）

发音

UK /ˈteɪ.zə(ɹ)/
其它
US /ˈteɪ.zɚ/

词形变化

tasers 复数 tasers tasered tasering tasers 三单 tasering 现在分词 tasered 过去式 tasered 过去分词

别名

Taser tazer

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A Taser, a handheld device made by Taser International intended to immobilize another by delivering an electric shock.

  2. 2.

    Any electroshock stun gun.

    电击枪

    引申义
v.
  1. 1.

    To shock a person, thing, individual, or animal with a handheld device with the electric shock that it delivers; to stun with a stun gun.

  2. 2.

    To strike verbally or gesturally with ill intents.

    比喻

    As I spoke too loudly during the solemn church service, my husband shot me a glance that emotionally tasered me to the point of silence until we returned home 2 hours later.

词源

Acronym of the science fiction story Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle. Coined in the early 1970s by the inventor Jack Cover originally as TSER, to which he later added the letter A to ease pronunciation. Genericization of the trademark Taser.

来源：wiktionary