at half-cock

更新日期：2026-08-14

词语	at half-cock
释义	at half-cock (of a gun) with the cock partly raised （枪）处于半击发状态。 ■ figurative when only partly ready 〈喻〉在时机不成熟的情况下行事; 仓促行事： the postponement saved the army from setting off another attack at half-cock. 时间的推迟使部队避免了再一次发动仓促进攻。
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