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

• He was held up at gunpoint by masked raiders.
  他被持枪的蒙面歹徒抢劫了。
• He's holding him at gunpoint inside the consulate.
  他把领事关在领事馆里，用枪指着他。
• We were robbed at gunpoint.
  我们是在枪口的威胁下被抢劫的。
• He held the three men at gunpoint.
  他用枪口对着那三个人。
• 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。
• 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。
• Cub Scouts don't hold people hostage at gunpoint.
  童子军不会用枪控制人质。
• You took me out of my house at gunpoint.
  你拿枪逼着我离开我家。
• 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。