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

• The bank manager was abducted at gunpoint.
  在枪口威胁下银行行长（或经理）被人绑架。
• Rob at gunpoint or with the threat of violence.
  用手枪或暴力威胁抢劫。
• 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。
• He was abducted at gunpoint.
  他在枪口威胁下被绑架了。
• 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。
• 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。
• Cub Scouts don't hold people hostage at gunpoint.
  童子军不会用枪控制人质。
• 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。
• They held me at gunpoint.
  他们拿枪指着我。
• 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。