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

• Adrian McKinnon held the suspect, 33-year-old Tajuan Bullock, at gunpoint and told him to sit on the floor until he decided what to do.
  阿德里安。麦金农抓住了33岁的嫌疑犯塔埍。布洛克，用枪指着他，让他坐到地板上，直到最后决定了如何处理。
• 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。
• Rob at gunpoint or with the threat of violence.
  用手枪或暴力威胁抢劫。
• My husband was detained at gunpoint.
  我丈夫在枪口下被捕。
• 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。
• We were robbed at gunpoint.
  我们是在枪口的威胁下被抢劫的。
• 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。
• 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。
• Who proceeded to kidnap the child at gunpoint.
  她用枪抵着绑架那个孩子。
• 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。