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

• 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。
• 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。
• Adrian McKinnon held the suspect, 33-year-old Tajuan Bullock, at gunpoint and told him to sit on the floor until he decided what to do.
  阿德里安。麦金农抓住了33岁的嫌疑犯塔埍。布洛克，用枪指着他，让他坐到地板上，直到最后决定了如何处理。
• We were robbed at gunpoint.
  我们是在枪口的威胁下被抢劫的。
• The bank manager was abducted at gunpoint.
  在枪口威胁下银行行长（或经理）被人绑架。
• A robber, especially one who robs at gunpoint.
  抢劫者抢劫者，尤指带枪抢劫者。
• My husband was detained at gunpoint.
  我丈夫在枪口下被捕。
• But it avoids any hint of imposing elections at gunpoint.
  但其中没有任何暗示将通过武力强制进行选举的字眼。
• Police say they found a teen who is abducted at gunpoint from his bus stop earlier in the day.
  警察称他们找到了于当天早些时候被枪支挟持，从公交汽车站绑架的一名少年。
• You took me out of my house at gunpoint.
  你拿枪逼着我离开我家。