Rifled
释义 Definition
- (多指枪管)有膛线的;(枪管内)刻有螺旋形沟槽的,用来让子弹旋转以提高精度。
- rifle 的过去式/过去分词:翻找、搜寻(尤指粗暴地翻动);也可指洗劫、偷走。
(更常见用法取决于语境:武器语境多指“有膛线的”,日常动作语境多指“翻找”。)
发音 Pronunciation
/ˈraɪfəld/
例句 Examples
The police found a rifled barrel in the garage.
警方在车库里发现了一根有膛线的枪管。
Someone had rifled through her desk drawers and taken the documents, leaving everything in a mess.
有人翻乱了她书桌的抽屉并拿走了文件,留下满桌狼藉。
词源 Etymology
rifled 来自动词 rifle。rifle(枪/来复枪)一词与“在枪管内刻出螺旋沟槽(rifling,膛线)”的工艺相关,这种结构能让弹丸旋转、提高射击稳定性与命中率。后来 to rifle 也发展出“翻找、洗劫”的含义,带有“迅速而粗暴地搜刮”的语感。
相关词 Related Words
文学作品 Literary Works
- Bram Stoker《Dracula》(常见于“rifled through …”的“翻找”语境)
- Arthur Conan Doyle《The Hound of the Baskervilles》(侦探叙事中常见“翻查/搜寻”用法)
- Robert Louis Stevenson《Treasure Island》(冒险题材中常见“洗劫/翻找”描写)