The arquebus is a very heavy weapon compared with the bow, and tires out soldiers on the march; their aims grow unsteady after half an hour's rapid firing. 火绳枪是很笨重的武器,使士兵在行军途中很容易疲劳,而且他们的射击精度很不稳定,纵使只经过了半个小时。
To lessen our shame, we did take one prize off them, when a shot from an arquebus blew a hole the size of the Eucharist in the chest of their leader, the great Charles de Bourbon. 减少我军耻辱的是,我们确实干掉了敌军的大人物,当时一支火绳枪射出子弹,在他们的伟大领袖,波旁的查理胸膛轰出圣杯那么大的伤口。
arquebus
[ noun ] an obsolete firearm with a long barrel <noun.artifact>
Arquebus \Ar"que*bus\, Arquebuse \Ar"que*buse\ (?; 277), n. [F. arquebuse, OF. harquebuse, fr. D. haak-bus; cf. G. hakenb["u]chse a gun with a hook. See {Hagbut}.] A sort of hand gun or firearm a contrivance answering to a trigger, by which the burning match was applied. The musket was a later invention. [Written also {harquebus}.]