carbine

名词 carbine:

1. light automatic rifle

car.bine

n.（名词）
A lightweight rifle with a short barrel.
卡宾枪：一种枪管短小的轻量型来福枪

来源：
French carabine
法语 carabine
from Old French carabin [soldier armed with a musket]
源自 古法语 carabin [配有火枪的士兵]
perhaps from escarrabin [gravedigger]
可能源自 escarrabin [掘墓人]
from scarabee [dung beetle] * see scarab
源自 scarabee [金龟子，蜣螂] *参见 scarab