gunshot

発砲、銃声

銃を一度撃つこと、またはその音。

やさしい英語で： A single act of firing a gun, or the sound it makes.

• We heard a gunshot outside.
• A single gunshot rang out across the valley.
• The police found three gunshot wounds on his body.

類義語： shot

よく使う表現： single gunshot, hear a gunshot, gunshot wound

銃撃、砲火

銃を続けて、または繰り返し撃つこと。

やさしい英語で： The firing of guns, considered as a continuing or repeated activity.

• Gunshot filled the air throughout the battle.
• The soldiers advanced under heavy gunshot.
• They heard continuous gunshot from the distant ridge.

類義語： gunfire

よく使う表現： heavy gunshot, continuous gunshot, under gunshot

射程

銃から発射された弾などが届く距離。

やさしい英語で： The distance that a bullet or other object fired from a gun can travel.

• The enemy remained beyond gunshot.
• Their ship moved within gunshot of the coast.
• The riders waited out of gunshot until nightfall.

使い方： within gunshot of something (The boat came within gunshot of the fort.)

類義語： firing range, gun range

よく使う表現： within gunshot, beyond gunshot, out of gunshot

弾丸

銃から発射された弾丸などの物。

やさしい英語で： A bullet or other object that has been fired from a gun.

• A piece of gunshot was lodged in the wood.
• The surgeon removed the gunshot from his shoulder.
• Gunshot from the battle lay buried in the field.

類義語： bullet, shot, projectile

よく使う表現： piece of gunshot, embedded gunshot