stick to guns

/guhn/US // gʌn //UK // (ɡʌn) //

坚守阵地,坚持不懈,坚持到底,坚守岗位

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a weapon consisting of a metal tube, with mechanical attachments, from which projectiles are shot by the force of an explosive; a piece of ordnance.
- : any portable firearm, as a rifle, shotgun, or revolver.
- : a long-barreled cannon having a relatively flat trajectory.
- : any device for shooting something under pressure: a paint gun; a staple gun.
- : Slang. a person whose profession is killing; professional killer: a gangland gun.
- : British. a member of a shooting party.
- : electron gun.
- : Slang. a player’s throwing arm.guns, the biceps or triceps of the arms: his big, muscular guns.

v.有主动词 verb

1
gunned, gun·ning.
- : to shoot with a gun: The guards gunned down the fleeing convict.

Phrases

gun for
gung ho
at gunpoint
big cheese (gun)
great guns
hired gun
hold a gun to someone's head
jump the gun
smoking gun
son of a bitch (gun)
stick to one's guns
under the gun

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inimmovable

Synonyms

immobile不动的,不动,不移动,不流动 immutable不变的,不可变的,不可改变的,不可变 impassive默不作声,默默无语,默不作声地,默默无动于衷 inflexible僵硬的,僵硬,僵化的,僵化 motionless不动声色,一动不动,无动于衷,一动不动的 stationary固定的,静止的,静态的,固定式 steadfast坚定不移的,坚定不移地,坚定不移,坚定的 uncompromising不妥协的,不妥协,不屈不挠,毫不妥协

Examples

Federal prosecutors said he acquired 144 guns between 2013 and 2019 and transferred 98 of them to others.
However, finding the “smoking gun” — catching a simultaneous neutrino and radio burst from the same magnetar — will be challenging because such neutrinos would be rare and hard to find, says astrophysicist Brian Metzger of Columbia University.
A statewide reporting project that included VOSD and dozens of other newsrooms last year found that California was only one of five states without uniform regulations for taking a police officer’s badge and gun away.
From the high schoolers in Parkland and beyond, this generation has been the most outspoken about the need for gun control.
For example, you could assume all independent first-time Minnesota voters who have liked the Bass Pro Shop are likely to care about gun rights.
“You can imagine the sound of that gun on a Bronx street,” Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce says.
That act forever sealed his feeling for the Chief, bound it up with the war, with violence, with the gun.
I mean, the reality of it was, I had to go out and get on a horse, and ride in, shoot the gun — how hard was that, right?
They were the machine gun bullets coming from the ambush when my company got hit.
Frias—who was arrested in 2013 for interfering with public duties and public intoxication—was not carrying a gun at the time.
This was no strange sight to the boy by that time, but it was awkward in the circumstances, for he had neither gun nor spear.
He turned at the sound of my voice with vastly more concern than he'd betrayed under the muzzle of Piegan's gun.
He was a good judge of men, that eagle-faced major; he knew that the slightest move with hostile intent would mean a smoking gun.

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stick to guns

/guhn/US // gʌn //UK // (ɡʌn) //

坚守阵地,坚持不懈,坚持到底,坚守岗位

Related Words

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a weapon consisting of a metal tube, with mechanical attachments, from which projectiles are shot by the force of an explosive; a piece of ordnance.
- : any portable firearm, as a rifle, shotgun, or revolver.
- : a long-barreled cannon having a relatively flat trajectory.
- : any device for shooting something under pressure: a paint gun; a staple gun.
- : Slang. a person whose profession is killing; professional killer: a gangland gun.
- : British. a member of a shooting party.
- : electron gun.
- : Slang. a player’s throwing arm.guns, the biceps or triceps of the arms: his big, muscular guns.

v.有主动词 verb

1
gunned, gun·ning.
- : to shoot with a gun: The guards gunned down the fleeing convict.

Phrases

gun for
gung ho
at gunpoint
big cheese (gun)
great guns
hired gun
hold a gun to someone's head
jump the gun
smoking gun
son of a bitch (gun)
stick to one's guns
under the gun

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inimmovable

Synonyms

Examples

Federal prosecutors said he acquired 144 guns between 2013 and 2019 and transferred 98 of them to others.
However, finding the “smoking gun” — catching a simultaneous neutrino and radio burst from the same magnetar — will be challenging because such neutrinos would be rare and hard to find, says astrophysicist Brian Metzger of Columbia University.
A statewide reporting project that included VOSD and dozens of other newsrooms last year found that California was only one of five states without uniform regulations for taking a police officer’s badge and gun away.
From the high schoolers in Parkland and beyond, this generation has been the most outspoken about the need for gun control.
For example, you could assume all independent first-time Minnesota voters who have liked the Bass Pro Shop are likely to care about gun rights.
“You can imagine the sound of that gun on a Bronx street,” Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce says.
That act forever sealed his feeling for the Chief, bound it up with the war, with violence, with the gun.
I mean, the reality of it was, I had to go out and get on a horse, and ride in, shoot the gun — how hard was that, right?
They were the machine gun bullets coming from the ambush when my company got hit.
Frias—who was arrested in 2013 for interfering with public duties and public intoxication—was not carrying a gun at the time.
This was no strange sight to the boy by that time, but it was awkward in the circumstances, for he had neither gun nor spear.
He turned at the sound of my voice with vastly more concern than he'd betrayed under the muzzle of Piegan's gun.
He was a good judge of men, that eagle-faced major; he knew that the slightest move with hostile intent would mean a smoking gun.

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