rifle

fusil, rifle

Arma larga que se apoya en el hombro para disparar con precisión a cierta distancia.

En inglés sencillo: A long gun held against the shoulder when fired, designed to shoot accurately over a distance.

• The hunter carried a rifle.
• She aimed the rifle at the target.
• The soldiers cleaned their rifles after training.

Expresiones frecuentes: hunting rifle, rifle barrel, load a rifle

cañón estriado

Cañón con surcos en espiral dentro del tubo que hacen girar los proyectiles al dispararlos.

En inglés sencillo: A large gun with spiral lines inside its tube that make its shells turn as they travel.

• The fort had a heavy rifle.
• The crew loaded a shell into the naval rifle.
• These rifles fired farther than the older cannons.

Sinónimos: rifled cannon

Expresiones frecuentes: naval rifle, siege rifle, heavy rifle

rebuscar, revolver

Buscar rápidamente entre cosas, a menudo dejándolas desordenadas.

En inglés sencillo: To search quickly through things, often leaving them untidy.

• She rifled through the papers.
• Someone had rifled through my desk drawers.
• Why are you rifling through my bag?

Cómo se usa: rifle through something (He rifled through his bag for the keys.)

Sinónimos: rummage, search

Expresiones frecuentes: rifle through something, rifle through papers, rifle through drawers