a gun, especially one fired from shoulder level, having a long spirally grooved barrel intended to make a bullet spin and thereby have greater accuracy over a long distance
步枪,来复枪。
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步枪队
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[in names]
the Burma Rifles .缅甸步枪队。
[with obj.][usu. as adj.
为(枪、枪管或内膛)凿制来复线
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a line of replacement rifled barrels .一排有来复线的备用枪管。
[with obj. and adverbial of direction]hit or kick (a ball) hard and straight
将(球)迅速有力地击出(或踢出)
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Ferguson rifled home his fourth goal of the season .福格森猛射获得本赛季第四个进球。[ORIGIN: 1940s: from <Italic>rifle</Italic> ‘gun', suggestive of explosive speed; compare with the verb <Italic>shoot</Italic>.]
search through something in a hurried way in order to find or steal something
搜翻;搜劫
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she rifled through the cassette tapes 她翻查了一番那些磁带
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[with obj.]
she rifled the house for money for him .为了给他找钱,她把房子都搜遍了。
[with obj.]steal
偷盗
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the Lieutenant's servant rifled the dead man's possessions .中尉的仆人把死者随身财物洗劫一空。
"mid 17th cent.: from French