rifle

ライフル、小銃

肩に当てて撃つ、遠くの標的を正確に狙うための長い銃。

やさしい英語で： 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.

よく使う表現： hunting rifle, rifle barrel, load a rifle

施条砲

砲身内のらせん状の溝によって、砲弾を回転させながら飛ばす大砲。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： rifled cannon

よく使う表現： naval rifle, siege rifle, heavy rifle

かき回して探す、あさる

物を次々とかき回して急いで探し、しばしば散らかす。

やさしい英語で： 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?

使い方： rifle through something (He rifled through his bag for the keys.)

類義語： rummage, search

よく使う表現： rifle through something, rifle through papers, rifle through drawers