blunderbus: [17] Blunderbus was originally Dutch donderbus (literally ‘thundergun’), and its transformation is due to folk etymology: the unfamiliar donder was replaced by the English word blunder, perhaps with some reference to the fact that, with its wide muzzle, it is capable only of fairly random firing. The second part of the word (which also occurs in arquebus) is ultimately related to box, Dutch bus or buis being not just a ‘box’ but also a ‘tube’, and hence a ‘gun’. There is no connection with the 20thcentury thunderbox, a colloquial term for a ‘portable loo’.
双语例句
1. With this hurried adjuration, he cocked his blunderbuss, and stood on the offensive.
他仓促地叫了一声, 便扳开几支大口径短抢的机头, 作好防守准备.
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2. Three eye blunderbuss, named God Gun in country, salute used in funeral.
三眼铳, 在农村也叫“神枪”, 死人后出殡用的礼炮.
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3. Oh, dear, what a blunderbuss I am!
哎, 天啊, 我真是个冒失鬼呀!
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4. You'll take me blunderbuss when you pry it from my cold dead hands!
只有等我死了你才能从我手中拿走我的枪!
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5. You'll take me blunderbuss we ye pry it from my cold, dead hands!
