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gunshot

noun
🔊/ˈɡʌnʃɒt/
🔊/ˈɡʌnʃɑːt/
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  1. [uncountable] the bullets that are fired from a gun（射出的）炮弹，枪弹
    • He died of a single gunshot wound to the chest.他死于胸部仅有的一处枪伤。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + gunshot
    • hear
    gunshot + noun
    • wound
    • victim
    phrases
    • the noise of a gunshot
    • the sound of a gunshot
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  2. [countable] the firing of a gun; the sound of it being fired枪炮射击；枪炮声
    • I heard the sound of gunshots out in the street.我听到外面街上有枪炮声。🔊🔊
    • We heard a loud bang; it sounded like a gunshot.我们听到一声巨响；听起来像是枪声。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + gunshot
    • hear
    gunshot + noun
    • wound
    • victim
    phrases
    • the noise of a gunshot
    • the sound of a gunshot
    See full entry
  3. [uncountable] (old-fashioned) the distance that a bullet from a gun can travel（枪炮的）射程
    • out of/within gunshot He was out of gunshot.他在射程之外。