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語源

From sub- +‎ machine gun.

名詞

submachine gun (plural submachine guns)

1. A type of short range machine gun that is carried as a personal weapon and uses pistol ammunition.

   Alternative forms: SMG (initialism); submachinegun

   Synonyms: machine pistol, trench broom, chopper

   Hypernyms: MG, machine gun < firearm < gun < weapon

   Hyponyms: Chicago typewriter, Tommy gun, Thompson submachine gun

   Coordinate terms: (other types of machine gun) LMG, light machine gun, MMG, medium machine gun, HMG, heavy machine gun, GPMG, general-purpose machine gun; (other automatic firearms) assault rifle, automatic rifle

   • 2007 March 9, Jim Rutenberg, Larry Rohter, “Bush’s South America Tour Incites Fight for Attention”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     Bare-chested children and their parents gathered in doorways, on roofs and in windows as he passed, watched warily by Brazilian troops carrying submachine guns.