rifle (obsolete term)
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
rifle (with rifling)
archaicHistorically used to refer to rifles that had rifling inside the barrel, which causes the bullet to spin for greater accuracy. This term is largely obsolete in modern Chinese.
Zhè这
wèi位
lǎo老
bīng兵
yī依
rán然
bǎo保
cún存
zhe着
tā他
nián年
qīng轻
shí时
shǐ使
yòng用
de的
lái来
fù复
qiāng枪
。
This old soldier still keeps the rifle he used when he was young.
Shí十
jiǔ九
shì世
jì纪
，
lái来
fù复
qiāng枪
jí极
dà大
dì地
gǎi改
biàn变
le了
zhàn战
zhēng争
de的
xíng形
tài态
。
In the 19th century, rifles greatly changed the nature of warfare.
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Xiāng相
bǐ比
huá滑
táng膛
qiāng枪
，
lái来
fù复
qiāng枪
de的
shè射
chéng程
hé和
jīng精
dù度
dōu都
gèng更
gāo高
。
Compared to smoothbore muskets, rifles had a longer range and greater accuracy.