type of bronze or other alloy formerly used in the manufacture of light cannons (since superseded by steel), 1540s, from gun (n.) + metal. Used attributively of a dull blue-gray color since 1905.
雙語例句
1. Planes dropped bombs and raked the beach with machine gun fire.
飛機投下炸彈，并用機關(guān)槍掃射海灘。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The stationmaster pounced and wrestled the gun from him.
站長猛撲過去，奮力奪下他手中的槍。
來自柯林斯例句
3. The gun was fired and Beaton was wounded a second time.