musket
n. 步枪;滑膛枪,毛瑟枪
复数 muskets
例句
I hunted with a musket two years ago.
两年前我用滑膛枪打猎。
Every last word, by thunder! 'answered John.' Refuse that, and you've seen the last of me but musket - balls. '.
“句句是实,我赌咒!”约翰答道。“要是你拒绝的话,你就等着吃枪子儿吧,休想再见到我。”
That became musca in Latin, then the diminutive muschetta and ultimately—by now a weapon, not a projectile—musket.
这个词(mice)在拉丁语中写作“musca(苍蝇)”,加上后缀又变成“muschetta”,最后演变成“musket”——滑膛枪,一种兵器而不是弹射装置。