rifle
rifle — 名詞
1. A long-barrelled firearm that you hold against your shoulder and use to shoot at
步槍
長槍管肩射武器
A long-barrelled firearm that you hold against your shoulder and use to shoot at targets that are far away with high precision.
Rania aimed the rifle at the target and held her breath before pulling the trigger.
Rania 將步槍瞄準靶心，屏住呼吸，然後扣下板機。
noun: a shoulder-held firearm with a long barrel
After cleaning his rifle, the hunter stored it in a locked cabinet.
那名獵人擦完步槍後，將其收進上鎖的櫃子裡。
common verb collocation: clean / store a rifle
The hunting rifle that Priya inherited from her grandfather can still hit targets at two hundred metres.
Priya 從祖父那繼承的獵用步槍，仍能命中兩百公尺外的目標。
A security guard carried a rifle over one shoulder while patrolling the building.
一名警衛背著步槍在大樓周圍巡邏。
The soldiers trained with their rifles every morning before the sun came up.
士兵們每天早上太陽升起前就持槍訓練。
常見錯誤
rifle — 動詞
1. To go through the contents of a place or container in a fast and careless way, e
翻找；搜掠
快速翻動物品尋找東西，常為偷竊
To go through the contents of a place or container in a fast and careless way, especially when looking for something to take without permission.
The thief rifled through the desk drawers looking for cash and jewellery.
竊賊翻遍辦公桌的抽屜，尋找現金和珠寶。
phrasal pattern: rifle through [place] looking for [object]
Indra rifled through her backpack, trying to find her keys before the bus left.
Indra 翻遍了背包，想在公車開走之前找到鑰匙。
Someone had rifled through the mail on the front table while the family was away.
趁全家人出門時，有人翻動了前桌上的信件。
Customs officers at the border rifled through the suitcases, searching for smuggled goods.
邊境的海關人員翻查行李箱，尋找走私物品。
Vikram rifled through the pile of old papers, hoping to find his grandfather's missing will.
Vikram 翻動那疊舊文件，希望能找到祖父遺失的遺囑。
- rummage through
less aggressive, often neutral; you rummage for your keys, not to steal
- ransack
more violent and destructive; implies turning everything upside down
- scour
thorough and systematic, not necessarily with bad intent
- organise
to arrange neatly, the opposite of careless searching
文法句型
rifle + through + noun phrase (place being searched)
用法筆記
Frequently paired with the preposition 'through'. The object of the verb is the place or container being searched, not the items being looked for. Compare with the second verb sense (STEAL GOODS), where 'rifle' is used alone without 'through' and means to take things by force.
常見錯誤
2. To forcibly take valuable items from a place, especially during a conflict or wa
掠奪；劫掠
強行奪走財物，常於戰亂時
To forcibly take valuable items from a place, especially during a conflict or war, and carry them away as one's own.
During the raid, the soldiers rifled the temple of its gold statues and sacred relics.
在突襲行動中，士兵們掠奪了寺廟裡的金像和聖物。
pattern: rifle + [place] + of + [valuables taken]
Looters rifled the abandoned electronics store, carrying away computers and smartphones by the armful.
搶劫者洗劫了廢棄的電器行，抱走成堆的電腦和智慧型手機。
The pirates rifled the Spanish ship of its cargo of silver and spices.
海盜劫走了那艘西班牙船上的白銀和香料貨物。
After the earthquake, gangs rifled ruined homes, stealing jewellery and cash from the rubble.
地震後，幫派分子洗劫了毀損的房屋，從瓦礫堆中偷走珠寶和現金。
文法句型
rifle + noun phrase (place) + of + noun phrase (items taken)
用法筆記
The object of the verb is the place or container, and the stolen items are introduced with 'of'. This sense has a formal or literary register and is often used in historical or war contexts. It does NOT take the preposition 'through' — that would change the meaning to "search quickly" (sense 1).