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発音

• (米国発音) IPA: /ɹɪˈvɒl.vɚ/
• 韻: -ɒlvə(ɹ)

名詞

revolver (plural revolvers)

1. (firearms) A handgun with a revolving chamber enabling several shots to be fired without reloading.

   Synonyms: wheelgun, (US, slang, archaic) smoke wagon

   Hypernyms: pistol (broad sense), handgun < firearm < gun < ranged weapon < weapon

   Hyponyms: six-gun, six-shooter

   Coordinate terms: pistol (precise sense), rifle; see also Thesaurus:firearm

2. (by extension) Any (personal) firearm with such a mechanism.
3. (finance) Synonym of revolving line of credit, a form of credit permitting the holder to repeatedly borrow money.
   • 2023 December 16, “Musk told lenders they would not lose money on Twitter deal”, in FT Weekend (Companies & Markets section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 10:

     The debt is split between $6.5bn of term loans, as well as $6bn of senior and junior bonds and a $500mn revolver.

4. Agent noun of revolve; something that revolves.

派生語

• revolver flower
• service revolver
• snubnosed revolver

派生した語

参照

Further reading

• revolver on Wikipedia.Wikipedia