A gunfighter is a person who fights with a gun — especially the kind of person you meet in stories of the old American West, known for being fast and deadly with a pistol. It is the fighter, not the fight.

A gunfighter is a person who fights with a gungunfighter是用槍打鬥的人— especially the kind of person you meet in stories of the old American West特別是你在早期美國西部故事裡會遇到的那種人， known for being fast and deadly with a pistol以用手槍又快又致命出名。It is the fighter它指的是那個打鬥的人， not the fight不是那場打鬥本身。

(The fight itself is a gunfight; the shooting and the noise are gunfire.) The word belongs to films, books, and history-as-story more than to ordinary life today; you would not usually call a modern soldier or a police officer a gunfighter.

The fight itself is a gunfight那場打鬥本身叫gunfight； the shooting and the noise are gunfire開槍和槍聲則叫gunfire。The word belongs to films, books, and history-as-story這個字屬於電影、書籍，和當故事講的歷史， more than to ordinary life today而不太屬於今天的日常生活；you would not usually call a modern soldier or a police officer a gunfighter你通常不會把現代的軍人或警察叫做gunfighter。

It can sound a little admiring, like a title, which is why stories use it for both heroes and outlaws.

It can sound a little admiring它聽起來可能有點欽佩的味道， like a title像個頭銜， which is why stories use it for both heroes and outlaws這也是為什麼故事裡英雄和亡命之徒都會被這樣叫。

Countable: one gunfighter, a famous gunfighter. Built from gun + fighter, a person who fights.

Countable可數名詞：one gunfighter, a famous gunfighter一個gunfighter、一個有名的gunfighter。Built from gun + fighter由gun加fighter組成， a person who fights打鬥的人。