rifle

1. N-COUNT A rifle is a gun with a long barrel. 来复枪; 步枪

They shot him at point blank range with an automatic rifle. 他们用一支自动步枪在近距离射程内射中了他。

2. V-T/V-I If you rifle through things or rifle them, you make a quick search among them in order to find something or steal something. 匆忙搜寻

I discovered my husband rifling through the filing cabinet. 我发现我丈夫在档案柜里匆忙地翻找。

3. V to cut or mould spiral grooves inside the barrel of (a gun) 在(枪的螺旋槽)内制来复线