rifle

• n. ライフル
• ライフルで撃つ；奪う；盗む

古フランス語の rifler（略奪する、強奪する、削る）から、原ゲルマン語*rifana（削る、強奪する）から、PIE*rei（裂く、切る、ひっかく）から、語源的には rifle（ライフル）、rift（裂け目）と同じ。-レ、繰り返す。

rifle (n.)

1775, "portable firearm having a spirally grooved bore," used earlier of the grooves themselves (1751), noun use of rifled (pistol), 1680s, from verb meaning "to cut spiral grooves in" (a gun barrel); see rifle (v.2).

rifle (v.1)

"to plunder," early 14c. (implied in rifling), from Old French rifler "strip, filch, plunder, peel off (skin or bark), fleece," literally "to graze, scratch" (12c.), probably from a Germanic source (compare Old English geriflian "to wrinkle," Old High German riffilon "to tear by rubbing," Old Norse rifa "to tear, break"). Related: Rifled; rifling.

rifle (v.2)

"to cut spiral grooves in" (a gun barrel), 1630s, probably from French rifler, from Old French rifler "to scratch or groove" (see rifle (v.1)). Related: Rifled; rifling.

1. They shot him at point blank range with an automatic rifle .

彼らは自動小銃で近距離銃を離れて彼を射殺した。

2.He fixed a bayonet to the end of his rifle .

ライフルの口に銃剣を装着した。

3.Neighbours heard the sound of rifle fire and alerted the police.

近所の人たちは小銃の音を聞いて、警察に通報した。

4.Tom was leading，a rifle slung over his back.

トムは前を歩き、背中に小銃をぶら下げていた。

5.Troops used tear gas and rifle butts to break up the protests.

軍は催涙ガスと銃床を使ってデモ隊を追い払った。