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gun·point /ˈɡʌnpɔɪnt/ noun at gunpoint PMWTHREATENwhile threatening someone or being threatened with a gun 用枪威胁；在枪口威胁下 She was held at gunpoint for 37 hours. 她在枪口下过了37个小时。Examples from the Corpusgunpoint• He and a 12-year-old boy robbed a middle-aged man of £25 at gunpoint in a Leeds park.• Half the kids making wheelies on their bikes had very likely acquired those bikes at gunpoint from other kids.• Spiked cages surround baroque colonial villas; apartment doors are reinforced and guarded at gunpoint.• Read in studio A couple have been robbed at gunpoint on a dream holiday to Disney World.• An audience of villagers was summoned at gunpoint.• A purse was taken at gunpoint.• A gold-and-diamond ring was taken at gunpoint.gun·point nounChineseSyllable threatened with or threatening someone being Corpus a while |