rifle

Gewehr

Lange Schusswaffe, die zum genauen Schießen auf entfernte Ziele an die Schulter angelegt wird.

In einfachem Englisch: A long gun held against the shoulder when fired, designed to shoot accurately over a distance.

• The hunter carried a rifle.
• She aimed the rifle at the target.
• The soldiers cleaned their rifles after training.

Häufige Wendungen: hunting rifle, rifle barrel, load a rifle

gezogene Kanone

Großes Geschütz mit spiralförmigen Rillen im Rohr, die seine Geschosse beim Flug drehen lassen.

In einfachem Englisch: A large gun with spiral lines inside its tube that make its shells turn as they travel.

• The fort had a heavy rifle.
• The crew loaded a shell into the naval rifle.
• These rifles fired farther than the older cannons.

Synonyme: rifled cannon

Häufige Wendungen: naval rifle, siege rifle, heavy rifle

durchwühlen, durchsuchen

Dinge schnell durchsuchen und dabei oft Unordnung hinterlassen.

In einfachem Englisch: To search quickly through things, often leaving them untidy.

• She rifled through the papers.
• Someone had rifled through my desk drawers.
• Why are you rifling through my bag?

So benutzt man es: rifle through something (He rifled through his bag for the keys.)

Synonyme: rummage, search

Häufige Wendungen: rifle through something, rifle through papers, rifle through drawers