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手枪,信号枪以手枪射击

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pistol \Pis"tol\, n. [F. pistole, pistolet, It. pistola; prob.
   from a form Pistola, for Pistoja, a town in Italy where
   pistols were first made. Cf. {Pistole}.]
   The smallest firearm used, intended to be fired from one
   hand, -- now of many patterns, and bearing a great variety of
   names. See Illust. of {Revolver}.

Pistol \Pis"tol\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pistoled}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Pistoling}.] [Cf. F. pistoler.]
   To shoot with a pistol. ``To pistol a poacher.'' --Sydney
   Smith.

资料来源 : WordNet®

pistol
     n : a firearm that is held and fired with one hand [syn: {handgun},
          {side arm}, {shooting iron}]
     [also: {pistolling}, {pistolled}]

资料来源 : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

pistol
     
        [IBM] A tool that makes it all too easy for you to shoot
        yourself in the foot.  "Unix "rm *" makes such a nice pistol!"
     
        [{Jargon File}]