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词汇 gunfight
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Definition of gunfight in English:

gunfight

nounˈɡʌnfʌɪtˈɡənˌfaɪt
  • A fight involving an exchange of fire with guns.

    枪战;炮战

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Ritzy social clubs, walled-in mansions and private schools are the norm for the wealthy, while the poor live in vast slums where unemployment runs high and gunfights are common.
    • The army said he fired at troops, and a gunfight ensued.
    • An armed group drove by and fired at policemen on duty, starting a gunfight, the local police said.
    • The final gunfight is delightful, though, literally a gun fight.
    • He was wounded twice in different gunfights, run over by a smuggler, fought in World War I and lived a hair-raising life on the Prohibition-era Mexican border.
    • On any given night, the two cops will respond to gunfights, stabbings, thefts and family fights.
    • From then on in, it's all clever schemes, gunfights, inter-agency politics and stuff getting blown up, all done very gritty and realistic like.
    • The rest of the less-than-TV-quality detective action story unfolds in gunfights, car chases, explosions, foot chases, fistfights, and a speedboat chase.
    • It will tell tales of frontier gunfights, buffalo hunts, Indian fights, trail drives, and stagecoaches.
    • Yes, there's better dialogue in swordplay than in gunfights.
    • During a pitched gunfight in a hotel, he shoots one opponent, walks past him, pauses and shoots again at point-blank range.
    • An alleged racist remark during a fight over a dog led to a street gunfight that claimed two lives in West Bank here at the weekend.
    • The gunfight was started by a group of three militants who fired shots from the roof of a school near the Dutch camp, the police said.
    • But you can expect gunfights and fistfights galore.
    • By issuing a red alert, you can get workers, guards and other employees to engage in hand to hand combat (or gunfights, if armed) with the intruders.
    • During the gunfight a fire broke out which immediately engulfed the neighboring houses.
    • Of course there are horses, gunfights, fistfights, saloons, and all the typical stuff you'd expect to find in a Western, but this film is more than that.
    • Come up with a case where a Western gunfighter actually undertook a gunfight with a revolver in each hand.
    • A rag-tag band of adventurers try stop them in a breakneck-paced story blending chases and gunfights with long discussions about business, technology and natural history.
    • If I have it out and put it back in the holster under some duress I want it to stay put in case it goes from a gunfight to a fistfight and back to a gunfight.

Derivatives

  • gunfighter

  • nounˈɡʌnfʌɪtəˈɡənˌfaɪdər
    • While all gunfighters certainly were not bandits, and all bandits likewise were not gunfighters, there is no question that Jesse James belonged to both categories.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • But it really becomes a contest between gunfighters.
      • The media coverage makes him an ‘American hero’ overnight, but like any gunfighter pressed back into action to protect his community he eschews the spotlight.
      • All the people of the North West Frontier are gunfighters.
      • In fact, I re-holster it with an extra spin like a gunfighter, without even really thinking about it.

Definition of gunfight in US English:

gunfight

nounˈɡənˌfaɪtˈɡənˌfīt
  • A fight involving an exchange of fire with guns.

    枪战;炮战

    Example sentencesExamples
    • During the gunfight a fire broke out which immediately engulfed the neighboring houses.
    • Of course there are horses, gunfights, fistfights, saloons, and all the typical stuff you'd expect to find in a Western, but this film is more than that.
    • The final gunfight is delightful, though, literally a gun fight.
    • But you can expect gunfights and fistfights galore.
    • Come up with a case where a Western gunfighter actually undertook a gunfight with a revolver in each hand.
    • It will tell tales of frontier gunfights, buffalo hunts, Indian fights, trail drives, and stagecoaches.
    • The army said he fired at troops, and a gunfight ensued.
    • Yes, there's better dialogue in swordplay than in gunfights.
    • The rest of the less-than-TV-quality detective action story unfolds in gunfights, car chases, explosions, foot chases, fistfights, and a speedboat chase.
    • On any given night, the two cops will respond to gunfights, stabbings, thefts and family fights.
    • An armed group drove by and fired at policemen on duty, starting a gunfight, the local police said.
    • He was wounded twice in different gunfights, run over by a smuggler, fought in World War I and lived a hair-raising life on the Prohibition-era Mexican border.
    • During a pitched gunfight in a hotel, he shoots one opponent, walks past him, pauses and shoots again at point-blank range.
    • By issuing a red alert, you can get workers, guards and other employees to engage in hand to hand combat (or gunfights, if armed) with the intruders.
    • Ritzy social clubs, walled-in mansions and private schools are the norm for the wealthy, while the poor live in vast slums where unemployment runs high and gunfights are common.
    • A rag-tag band of adventurers try stop them in a breakneck-paced story blending chases and gunfights with long discussions about business, technology and natural history.
    • The gunfight was started by a group of three militants who fired shots from the roof of a school near the Dutch camp, the police said.
    • An alleged racist remark during a fight over a dog led to a street gunfight that claimed two lives in West Bank here at the weekend.
    • If I have it out and put it back in the holster under some duress I want it to stay put in case it goes from a gunfight to a fistfight and back to a gunfight.
    • From then on in, it's all clever schemes, gunfights, inter-agency politics and stuff getting blown up, all done very gritty and realistic like.
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