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词汇 Taser
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Definition of Taser in English:

Taser

noun ˈteɪzəˈteɪzər
trademark
  • A weapon firing barbs attached by wires to batteries, causing temporary paralysis.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • If you want to arm pilots, it would be much smarter to give them billy clubs or tasers.
    • Women in Baton Rouge are taking self-defense courses, arming themselves with tasers, pepper spray and mace.
    • The weapon was a taser, a stun gun that temporarily numbs your body with 50,000 volts of energy.
    • There was pepper spray, tasers, stun guns, and you know, stuff like that.
    • I strongly urge you to learn martial arts, and to find out the law about carrying mace/pepper spray, and/or an electric taser.
verb ˈteɪzəˈteɪzər
  • Fire a taser at (someone) in order to incapacitate them temporarily.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Get out of the car, if you walk, otherwise I'm going to taser you.
    • I got pepper sprayed and tasered.
    • Why would police taser a blind woman in her own home?
    • During protests over the past two days, at least a few students were tasered.
    • This year, after a 16-year-old was hit by a speeding police car, with no sirens or flashing lights, her distraught boyfriend was tasered.
    • At least they didn't taser anyone.
    • And hey, if they get out of line, they can always taser them into submission.
    • The police must have felt overwhelmed and would naturally need to taser the groom or risk having to use deadly force instead.
    • According to witnesses, Grant had his hands in the air and was saying to police, "Please don't taser me."
    • The deputies say they decided to taser the man after he pulled a knife on him.
    • So she reached to taser him, but accidentally grabbed her gun instead and sort of shot the guy.

Origin

1970s: from the initial letters of Tom Swift's electric rifle (a fictitious weapon), on the pattern of laser.

Rhymes

appraiser, blazer, eraser, Fraser, gazer, glazer, grazer, laser, mazer, praiser, razor, salmanazar, Weser

Definition of Taser in US English:

Taser

nounˈteɪzərˈtāzər
trademark
  • A weapon firing barbs attached by wires to batteries, causing temporary paralysis.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • If you want to arm pilots, it would be much smarter to give them billy clubs or tasers.
    • I strongly urge you to learn martial arts, and to find out the law about carrying mace/pepper spray, and/or an electric taser.
    • Women in Baton Rouge are taking self-defense courses, arming themselves with tasers, pepper spray and mace.
    • There was pepper spray, tasers, stun guns, and you know, stuff like that.
    • The weapon was a taser, a stun gun that temporarily numbs your body with 50,000 volts of energy.
verbˈteɪzərˈtāzər
[with object]
  • Fire a taser at (someone) in order to incapacitate them temporarily.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Get out of the car, if you walk, otherwise I'm going to taser you.
    • According to witnesses, Grant had his hands in the air and was saying to police, "Please don't taser me."
    • Why would police taser a blind woman in her own home?
    • The police must have felt overwhelmed and would naturally need to taser the groom or risk having to use deadly force instead.
    • And hey, if they get out of line, they can always taser them into submission.
    • So she reached to taser him, but accidentally grabbed her gun instead and sort of shot the guy.
    • At least they didn't taser anyone.
    • This year, after a 16-year-old was hit by a speeding police car, with no sirens or flashing lights, her distraught boyfriend was tasered.
    • I got pepper sprayed and tasered.
    • The deputies say they decided to taser the man after he pulled a knife on him.
    • During protests over the past two days, at least a few students were tasered.

Origin

1970s: from the initial letters of Tom Swift's electric rifle (a fictitious weapon), on the pattern of laser.

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