rifle

fusil, carabine

Arme longue que l’on appuie contre l’épaule pour tirer avec précision à distance.

En anglais simple : 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.

Expressions courantes : hunting rifle, rifle barrel, load a rifle

canon rayé

Grand canon dont les rainures en spirale à l’intérieur du tube font tourner les projectiles.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : rifled cannon

Expressions courantes : naval rifle, siege rifle, heavy rifle

fouiller

Chercher rapidement parmi des objets, souvent en les laissant en désordre.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : rifle through something (He rifled through his bag for the keys.)

Synonymes : rummage, search

Expressions courantes : rifle through something, rifle through papers, rifle through drawers