rifle

1. N-COUNT A rifle is a gun with a long barrel. 來復(fù)槍; 步槍

They shot him at point blank range with an automatic rifle. 他們用一支自動步槍在近距離射程內(nèi)射中了他。

2. V-T/V-I If you rifle through things or rifle them, you make a quick search among them in order to find something or steal something. 匆忙搜尋

I discovered my husband rifling through the filing cabinet. 我發(fā)現(xiàn)我丈夫在檔案柜里匆忙地翻找。

3. V to cut or mould spiral grooves inside the barrel of (a gun) 在(槍的螺旋槽)內(nèi)制來復(fù)線