big gun

大枪,大炮,大枪手,大型枪械

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
Slang.
- : an influential or important person or thing: He's a big gun in science.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inmuckamuck

Forms: big guns

Synonyms

bigwig大佬,大人物,大头鬼,大佬们 celebrity名人,知名人士,社会名流,明星 luminary荧光体,荧光剂,荧光屏,荧光粉 vip奖金,奖金制,奖金制度,奖金制的 character特征 eminence杰出,突出表现,辉煌,突出表现为 leader领导,领导人,领导者,领袖 lion狮子,狮子座,狮子头,狮子座的人

Examples

Listen, wrinkles are serious business and if you’re aiming to go against Father Time on this one, you’d better bring out the big guns.
Yet the military has shifted its strategy in recent decades from big guns, planes and tanks to wielding American force via small strikes by special ops units.
That’s where I bring in the big guns – the landscape architects – to design a plan and teach me how to keep the flowers from dying.
Jackass penguins talk like peopleWe’re pulling out the big guns, people.
It has also brought out its lobbying big guns — former UK deputy PM and ex-MEP Nick Clegg — to try to pressure EU lawmakers over the issue.
In that photo, Merabet has a big smile that spreads across his whole face and lights up his eyes.
The Big Five banks dubbed too big to fail, are 35 percent bigger than they were when the meltdown was triggered.
Their three-day scientific outing was paid for by Epstein and was big success.
I really wanted Trenchmouth to succeed and at the time wished we were as big as Green Day.
The big slug happened to hit the suspect in the street, passing through his arm and then striking Police Officer Andrew Dossi.
The big room at King's Warren Parsonage was already fairly well filled.
Sol laughed out of his whiskers, with a big, loose-rolling sound, and sat on the porch without waiting to be asked.
There were at least a dozen ladies seated round the big table at the Parsonage.
I pictured him as slim and young looking, smooth-faced, with golden curly hair, and big brown eyes.

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big gun

大枪,大炮,大枪手,大型枪械

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Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
Slang.
- : an influential or important person or thing: He's a big gun in science.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inmuckamuck

Forms: big guns

Synonyms

Examples

Listen, wrinkles are serious business and if you’re aiming to go against Father Time on this one, you’d better bring out the big guns.
Yet the military has shifted its strategy in recent decades from big guns, planes and tanks to wielding American force via small strikes by special ops units.
That’s where I bring in the big guns – the landscape architects – to design a plan and teach me how to keep the flowers from dying.
Jackass penguins talk like peopleWe’re pulling out the big guns, people.
It has also brought out its lobbying big guns — former UK deputy PM and ex-MEP Nick Clegg — to try to pressure EU lawmakers over the issue.
In that photo, Merabet has a big smile that spreads across his whole face and lights up his eyes.
The Big Five banks dubbed too big to fail, are 35 percent bigger than they were when the meltdown was triggered.
Their three-day scientific outing was paid for by Epstein and was big success.
I really wanted Trenchmouth to succeed and at the time wished we were as big as Green Day.
The big slug happened to hit the suspect in the street, passing through his arm and then striking Police Officer Andrew Dossi.
The big room at King's Warren Parsonage was already fairly well filled.
Sol laughed out of his whiskers, with a big, loose-rolling sound, and sat on the porch without waiting to be asked.
There were at least a dozen ladies seated round the big table at the Parsonage.
I pictured him as slim and young looking, smooth-faced, with golden curly hair, and big brown eyes.

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