The old-fashioned musket seems out of date now.

在现在看来，旧式步枪已经过时了。

The soldiers resisted the enemy's fire with their muskets.

士兵们用毛瑟枪抵抗着敌人的炮火。

This little child picked up the musket used by his grandfather in his youth.

这个小孩子拿起他祖父年轻时候用过的滑膛枪。

I hunted with a musket two years ago.

两年前我用滑膛枪打猎。

Musket shots could be heard below at the spot where the lines were closest.

在山下，在军使走过的地方，可以听见砰砰的枪声。

Every last word, by thunder! 'answered John.' Refuse that, and you've seen the last of me but musket - balls. '.

“句句是实，我赌咒！”约翰答道。“要是你拒绝的话，你就等着吃枪子儿吧，休想再见到我。”

That became musca in Latin, then the diminutive muschetta and ultimately—by now a weapon, not a projectile—musket.

这个词（mice）在拉丁语中写作“musca（苍蝇）”，加上后缀又变成“muschetta”，最后演变成“musket”——滑膛枪，一种兵器而不是弹射装置。

Admiral Nelson's encounter as a plucky 14-year-old midshipman fighting only with the butt of his musket is surely a myth, but others are true.

纳尔逊海军上将时为一名勇敢的14岁的少尉候补官，他仅用滑膛枪托与遭遇的北极熊搏斗的故事可以肯定是个神话，不过其他的故事倒是真的。