| 单词 | soft-nosed |
| 例句 | The soft-nosed bullet plunged forward through his flank. Weekend Entertainments From the Archives of The New York Times 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z “He used soft-nosed bullets that caused incredible damage.” Christchurch mayor on mass shooter: 'I've no idea what his name is' 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z They load three old Mauser carbines with soft-nosed bullets, inspect five flare guns, and have a serious talk about polar bear safety. Scientists Brave Arctic Perils for Climate Science 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z I was using a 470 cordite rifle; yet, struck just behind the shoulder by a soft-nosed bullet, the little animal ran a furlong before dropping dead. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z One o’ those beastly soft-nosed slugs the swine give their askaris for ‘savage’ warfare. Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z “How am I going to feed this pretty, soft-nosed thing with grass if I don’t stand near?” demanded Helen. Ruth Fielding Down in Dixie Great Times in the Land of Cotton 2011-07-17T02:00:32.150Z They pictured an assault on the church by the McGills or the revenuers, and in their fancy saw old Cap Lutts, his great figure in the forefront, spouting soft-nosed bullets from his hot rifle! The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z Lieutenant Allen was in the hospital at Verona until the twentieth of April, 1918, when he was discharged as an incurable, his lungs having been horribly lacerated by a soft-nosed bullet. Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant 2011-03-28T02:00:27.040Z The German automatic pistols carried soft-nosed bullets, so the arch-traitor who murdered the Visé doctor had himself suffered from one of the many infernal devices brought by Kultur to the battlefields of Flanders. The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 Lucky for him that they had been made by nickel Maxim-bullets and not by the horrible soft-nosed slugs of the askaris’ rifles. Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z "One of them soft-nosed kind as supplied to heathen parts for a blessin' of civilization." Where the Pavement Ends Outwardly deadly calm, Lamont is superintending, directing everything, yet when the head of a savage shows itself above the palings it drops back, drilled by a soft-nosed bullet from the unerring magazine rifle. In the Whirl of the Rising Put down a hundred solid and a hundred soft-nosed cartridges for the Hollands; for the Winchesters two hundred of each, and six boxes of shells. The Blind Lion of the Congo Certainly not with Henry de Spain, because the other fellow, I think, was using soft-nosed bullets. Nan of Music Mountain It was a soft-nosed bullet, probably of thirty caliber, which had mushroomed after striking something. Louisiana Lou A Western Story Now under my knee I carried a new rifle with a quantity of smokeless cartridges, steel-jacketed and soft-nosed, and yet I was disposed to argue the matter. The Trail of the Goldseekers A Record of Travel in Prose and Verse “Next time I’ll take a soft-nosed bullet and get you back of the ear, you rotten little half-breed!” yelled Scott, maddened with helplessness and rage, rolling in the dust. Across the Mesa Winter followed with the doctor, and inquired in an undertone— "Are you sure about the soft-nosed bullet, doctor?" The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley Their limp and still-bleeding carcasses,31 riddled and torn by soft-nosed bullets, lay among the rocks. The Man from the Bitter Roots No soft-nosed buttons, or studs which are liable to "bunch," are to be allowed. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 25, 1914 “Keep cool and shoot straight,” admonished Earle, as his rifle spoke a second time and another foe crashed to earth with a .35 soft-nosed bullet through his brain. In Search of El Dorado In instances in which the soft parts alone were perforated, I am disinclined to believe that bullets of small calibre, either regulation or soft-nosed, were responsible for the injuries. Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre The junior officer was stationed at Dum Dum, famous as the birthplace of the soft-nosed bullets, now proscribed in civilized warfare. Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers The dum-dum bullet is a soft-nosed missile which, when it strikes a bone, flattens out and splatters, creating a jagged wound which it is almost impossible to treat or heal. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights These “soft-nosed” expanding bullets are to be distinguished from “explosive” bullets which contain substances which detonate on impact. Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. A few feet from him sat a wounded Japanese sailor, who had been struck in the knee by a soft-nosed bullet. Indiscreet Letters From Peking Being the Notes of an Eye-Witness, Which Set Forth in Some Detail, from Day to Day, the Real Story of the Siege and Sack of a Distressed Capital in 1900—The Year of Great Tribulation With regard to the various soft-nosed bullets of small calibre, I will first advert to a feature common to all, which consists in a solid base to the mantle. Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre I got down on my knee and put a final soft-nosed ball where it would do the most good. The River and I That in each instance a thirty-thirty, soft-nosed slug had done the business. The Ridin' Kid from Powder River "Must be tough!" said P. Sybarite blankly, experiencing a qualm at the thought of a soft-nosed bullet mushrooming through living flesh. The Day of Days An Extravaganza I jerked that darn plug that holed him right out, an' it's a soft-nosed swine. The Man in the Twilight A clip of soft-nosed Mauser cartridges, in which a copper centre to the bullet suggested a percussion-cap, was sent home to the War Office. Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre He opened the breach and replaced the soft-nosed bullets with solid ones, more suitable for such big game. The Elephant God When it sees a strange living thing walking erect, it does not stop to stare and catch soft-nosed bullets, but dashes away in quest of solitude. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation The report was one with a shock of shattered plate-glass: the soft-nosed bullet, splashing upon the glazed upper half of the door, caused the entire pane to collapse and disappear with the quickness of magic. The Day of Days An Extravaganza There were little red-painted refuge huts and garrison shelters, each with its 300-yard rifle range, where the riflemen practised daily with soft-nosed ammunition at targets in the shape of monstrous rats. The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth No. 2 represents a soft-nosed Lee-Metford which perforated the scapula from the front; the bullet was retained, hence again velocity cannot have been very high, and the comminution was slight. Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre And yet there was the dead man, and there the revolver bullet, which had mushroomed out, as soft-nosed bullets will, and so inflicted a wound which must have caused instantaneous death. The Return of Sherlock Holmes And yet there was the dead man and there the revolver bullet, which had mushroomed out, as soft-nosed bullets will, and so inflicted a wound which must have caused instantaneous death. The Return of Sherlock Holmes It was a small bore, but by using the soft-nosed bullets that mushroom out upon striking even the flesh of an animal, it would prove just as powerful as a heavier gun. With Trapper Jim in the North Woods When I left him he was bullying the hall-porter of the club for a soft-nosed pencil; ink, he explained, being an abomination. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, October 10, 1917 There were at least forty, two-thirds of them soft-nosed rifle. The Golden Snare The soft-nosed Winchester bullet had gone straight through the chest cavity, smashing the lungs and the big blood-vessels of the heart. Theodore Roosevelt Hoping to turn him, I fired instantly; but unfortunately my soft-nosed bullets merely annoyed him further, and had not the slightest effect on his thick hide. The Man-Eaters of Tsavo and Other East African Adventures "So I caught those gentry well in the middle," thought I to myself, "and with soft-nosed bullets!" The Ivory Child One that I shot lived for nearly three hours with five soft-nosed Mauser bullets in its body. Wanderings among South Sea Savages and in Borneo and the Philippines In his hand were a dozen little .22 long, soft-nosed, smokeless cartridges. The Mutiny of the Elsinore Also, he saw that the revolver did not wabble, nor the hand shake, and he was thoroughly conversant with the size of hole the soft-nosed bullets could make. The Night-Born |
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