"firearm for infantry" (later replaced by the rifle), 1580s, from Middle French mousquette, also the name of a kind of sparrow-hawk, diminutive of mosca "a fly," from Latin musca (see midge). The hawk so called either for its size or because it looks speckled when in flight. Early firearms often were given names of beasts (compare dragoon, also falcon, a kind of cannon mentioned by Hakluyt), and the equivalent word in Italian was used to mean "an arrow for a crossbow." The French word was borrowed earlier into English (early 15c.) in its literal sense of "sparrow-hawk."
雙語例句
1. I hunted with a musket two years ago.
兩年前我用滑膛槍打獵。
來自辭典例句
2. Not a bough waved, not the gleam of a musket - barrel betrayed the presence of our foes.
沒有一根樹枝擺動(dòng), 也沒有一支火槍在太陽照射下閃光,所以我們無法知道敵人的位置.
來自英漢文學(xué) - 金銀島
3. So some seconds passed, till suddenly Joyce whipped up his musket and fired.
又過了幾秒鐘,突然, 喬伊斯端起槍來開了火.
來自英漢文學(xué) - 金銀島
4. While underneath, in a corner, were fowling piece, musket, and matchlock.
下面, 角落里, 堆著鳥槍, 步槍, 和火繩槍.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
5. In olden times one had to charge a musket before firing.