machine-gun(n.)
"机枪,通过机制不断发射弹药的枪支",1870年,来自 machine(n.)+ gun(n.)。作为动词,“用机枪射击或杀死”,最早见于1915年。相关词汇: Machine-gunned; machine-gunning; machine-gunner。
A man is entitled to the fruits of his labor, and to assert a just claim is a duty as well as a right. In the year 1861 I first conceived the idea of a machine gun, which has been ever since the great controlling idea of my life; and it certainly cannot be regarded as egotism when I express the belief that I am the originator of the first successful weapon of the kind ever invented. [R.J. Gatling, quoted in Scientific American, Oct. 15, 1870]
一个人有权享有他的劳动成果,并主张正当权利既是一种义务也是一种权利。在1861年,我首次构思了一种机枪,这一构思自此成为了我一生的主导思想; 当我表达我是第一个成功发明这种武器的人的信念时,这当然不能被视为自大。[R.J. Gatling, 引自《科学美国人》1870年10月15日]
尽管在随后的发展中,盖特林于1862年发明的机枪不被认为是现代机枪。
该词起源时间:1870年