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

• They held me at gunpoint.
  他们拿枪指着我。
• 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。
• In Mexico, television cameras catch hostages being taken at gunpoint into a police car, then speeding away.
  在墨西哥，电视摄像机能够捕捉人质在枪口被带离到警车内，然后超速行使。
• We were robbed at gunpoint.
  我们是在枪口的威胁下被抢劫的。
• 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。
• The masked robber made her open the safe at gunpoint.
  那蒙面强盗用枪逼着她打开保险箱。
• Vehicles with Uighur drivers or with Uighur passengers were being searched at gunpoint.
  驾驶员或乘客中有维族人的车辆，则将接受持枪搜查。
• Rob at gunpoint or with the threat of violence.
  用手枪或暴力威胁抢劫。
• He was held up at gunpoint by masked raiders.
  他被持枪的蒙面歹徒抢劫了。
• 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。