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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。
火枪
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
火枪
a long-barreled, muzzle-loading firearm formerly carried by infantry soldiers
He carried a musket over his shoulder.
他肩上扛着一支火枪。
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appliances (including the flintlock, and finally the percussion lock) were successively substituted; ultimately superseded by the rifle.
雄性欧亚雀鹰(Accipiter nisus)。
A male Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus).
The museum displays a musket from the eighteenth century.
博物馆展出了一支十八世纪的火枪。
The reenactors loaded their muskets with gunpowder.
历史重演者们给他们的火枪装填火药。
A musket has a long barrel and was fired from the shoulder.
火枪有长枪管，是从肩上发射的。
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。
复数形式为 muskets，与数量词连用表示多个。
The museum displayed many muskets.
博物馆展出了许多火枪。
名词 musket 可直接修饰另一名词作定语，如 musket ball。
A musket ball was found on the battlefield.
战场上发现了一颗火枪弹丸。
Not this
He fired musket.
Use this
He fired a musket.
musket 是可数名词，指“一支火枪”时前面需要加不定冠词 a，不能没有限定词直接使用单数。
Not this
The soldiers used musket in battle.
Use this
The soldiers used muskets in battle.
这里表示多支火枪，必须用复数形式 muskets；受汉语无复数变化的影响，学习者容易漏加 s。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
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。
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。
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。
火枪火力；火枪射击
They advanced under heavy musket fire.
他们在猛烈的火枪火力下前进。
瞄准他们的火枪！
In the film The Patriot, Benjamin Martin tells his men, 'Aim at their muskets!'
在电影《爱国者》中，本杰明·马丁对部下说：‘瞄准他们的火枪！’
Use musket naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
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。
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。
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