an early form of machine gun having several barrels that fire in sequence as they are rotated
Gatling gun 例句
英汉例句
A youth who can't hit a cathedral at thirty yards with a Gatling gun in three quarters of an hour, can take up an old empty musket and bag his grandmother every time, at a hundred.
A hand-driven machine gun, the Gatling gun was the first firearm to solve the problems of loading, reliability, and the firing of sustained bursts.
早期的盖特机炮虽然要靠手摇才能开火,但它毕竟是同时解决了装弹、稳定性、连续开火问题的首款火力武器。
After a late entry into the American Civil War, delayed by suspicions of newfangled weapons among some senior soldiers, the Gatling gun was put to use at home and abroad.