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musket
火枪
核心释义
a long-barreled, muzzle-loading firearm formerly carried by infantry soldiers
- 1.
一种曾由步兵使用的火器,最初用火绳点火,后经火石机、燧发机等改进,最终被步枪取代。
A kind of firearm formerly carried by the infantry of an army, originally fired by means of a match, or matchlock, for which several mechanical appliances (including the flintlock, and finally the percussion lock) were successively substituted; ultimately superseded by the rifle.
- 2.
雄性欧亚雀鹰(Accipiter nisus)。
A male Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus).
一种曾由步兵使用的火器,最初用火绳点火,后经火石机、燧发机等改进,最终被步枪取代。；雄性欧亚雀鹰(Accipiter nisus)。
用法In use
The museum displays a musket from the eighteenth century.
用法提示：句中'musket'为名词单数，指一种旧式火枪。
The reenactors loaded their muskets with gunpowder.
用法提示：句中'muskets'为名词复数，指多支火枪。
A musket has a long barrel and was fired from the shoulder.
用法提示：句中'musket'为名词单数，用作主语，指这种武器类别。
a musket
musket 是可数名词，单数形式前需加限定词。
He carried a musket over his shoulder.
他肩上扛着一支火枪。
muskets
复数形式为 muskets，与数量词连用表示多个。
The museum displayed many muskets.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- fire a musket
- 用火枪射击；放火枪
- The soldiers fired their muskets at the charging cavalry.士兵们向冲锋的骑兵用火枪射击。
- load a musket
- 给火枪装弹；往火枪里装弹药
- Loading a musket took time and practice.给火枪装弹需要时间，也需要练习。
- shoulder a musket
- 把火枪扛在肩上；扛起火枪
- He shouldered his musket and walked back to camp.他扛起火枪，走回营地。
- musket ball
- 火枪弹丸；火枪铅弹
- A musket ball was found embedded in the wall.有人发现一颗火枪弹丸嵌在墙里。
- musket fire
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
Musket 读作‘马斯基特’，想象一名火枪手举着长管火枪，枪口飘出火药味。记住 musket 就是老式火枪。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：historical writing、military history、historical fiction 该词通常用于历史或军事语境，多见于书面语，日常口语中较少出现。
语法说明Grammar Note
这是一种老式前装滑膛枪，旧时步兵使用，如今已不再用于战争。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
没有常用词与 musket /ˈmʌskɪt/ 完全押韵。musk /mʌsk/ 共享开头 /mʌsk/；basket、casket、gasket、brisket、biscuit 都以 /skɪt/ 结尾，但重读元音不同（/æ/ 或 /ɪ/），只是形近或音近，并不押韵。
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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