gunpoint

英 [ˈɡʌnpɔɪnt]

美 [ˈɡʌnpɔɪnt]

n.  枪口

Collins.1 / BNC.22545 / COCA.16404

习惯用语

n.

at gunpoint
• 用枪威胁；在枪口威胁下
  while threatening sb or being threatened with a gun
• The driver was robbed at gunpoint.
  司机遭持枪抢劫。

柯林斯词典

• PHRASE 在枪口威胁下
  If you are heldat gunpoint, someone is threatening to shoot and kill you if you do not obey them.
  1. She and her two daughters were held at gunpoint by a gang who burst into their home.
     闯入她家的一伙歹徒用枪胁迫她和她的两个女儿。

英英释义

noun

• the gun muzzle's direction
  1. he held me up at the point of a gun
  Synonym:point

双语例句

• Two masked men held the bank clerks at gunpoint for three hours.
  两个戴面具的持枪歹徒劫持银行职员达3个小时之久。
• Deputies say Vicente Ignacio Beltran Moreno abducted the teen at gunpoint and tied him to a tree.
  代理人表示比森特？伊格纳西奥？贝尔德兰？莫蕾诺用枪绑架这名少年并把他绑在树上。
• Rob at gunpoint or with the threat of violence.
  用手枪或暴力威胁抢劫。
• He held the three men at gunpoint.
  他用枪口对着那三个人。
• Mr Martin was taken out of his car at gunpoint.
  马丁先生被人用枪指着从车里带了出来。
• My husband was detained at gunpoint.
  我丈夫在枪口下被捕。
• We were robbed at gunpoint.
  我们是在枪口的威胁下被抢劫的。
• He was held up at gunpoint by masked raiders.
  他被持枪的蒙面歹徒抢劫了。
• Laura, carried off at gunpoint, had been missing for three days.
  劳娜，在持枪者武力的威逼下被劫持，失踪已经三天。
• Vehicles with Uighur drivers or with Uighur passengers were being searched at gunpoint.
  驾驶员或乘客中有维族人的车辆，则将接受持枪搜查。