(historical)a short large-bored gun firing balls or slugs (史)大口径前膛枪 ■(figurative)an action or way of doing something regarded as lacking in subtlety and precision (喻)缺少高明手法(或缜密思考)的行为;大大咧咧(或粗枝大叶)的行为 economists resort too quickly to the blunderbuss of regulation. 经济学家们迫不及待地利用管理上的粗疏作风来实现目的。
语源
mid 17th cent.: alteration (by association with blunder)of Dutch donderbus, literally 'thunder gun'