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

• Deputies say Vicente Ignacio Beltran Moreno abducted the teen at gunpoint and tied him to a tree.
  代理人表示比森特？伊格纳西奥？贝尔德兰？莫蕾诺用枪绑架这名少年并把他绑在树上。
• He was abducted at gunpoint.
  他在枪口威胁下被绑架了。
• 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。
• 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 held the three men at gunpoint.
  他用枪口对着那三个人。
• Cub Scouts don't hold people hostage at gunpoint.
  童子军不会用枪控制人质。
• She locks Teri in the room at gunpoint and tapes up her mouth.
  她将泰瑞琐在房间里，用枪指着她，并用胶带封住了她的嘴。
• The actor was involved in a real-life drama when he was held up at gunpoint last night.
  这名演员遭遇了现实生活中的一个戏剧性事件&他昨晚在枪口威胁下被抢劫。
• They held me at gunpoint.
  他们拿枪指着我。
• 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。