冒烟的枪 meaning in English

smoking gun

And he began to reckon . two french soldiers ran by pierre , one holding a still smoking gun
有两个法国士兵从皮埃尔身旁跑过，其中一个提着一支还在冒烟的枪。
All at once , instantly in close connection , there rose up the memory of the look platon had fixed upon him , as he sat under the tree , of the shot heard at that spot , of the dogs howl , of the guilty faces of the soldiers as they ran by , of the smoking gun , of karataevs absence at that halting - place ; and he was on the point of fully realising that karataev had been killed , but at the same instant , at some mysterious summons , there rose up the memory of a summer evening he had spent with a beautiful polish lady on the verandah of his house at kiev
突然间，如烟往事在脑际涌现出来：有普拉东坐在树下投来的目光，有那个地方传来的枪声，狗的叫声，两个法国人从他身旁跑过去时带有犯罪的面部表情，那支还在冒烟的枪，想起在这个宿营地永远也见不着的卡拉塔耶夫，他正要弄清楚卡拉塔耶夫是否已被打死，但是，就在这一刹那，他也不知道为什么，他忽然想起他和一个美丽的波兰姑娘在他在基辅的住宅阳台上度过的那个夏夜。