首页英语词典shotshot的意思

shot

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英英释义词组搭配考试真题实用场景例句

n. 发射；炮弹；射手；镜头
adj. 用尽的；破旧的；杂色的，闪光的
v. 射击（shoot的过去式和过去分词）

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词态变化

复数: shots;

助记提示

1、from PIE root *skeud- "to shoot, to chase, to throw, to project".
2、具有同源性的单词：scoot, scud, shoot.
3、它是shoot的过去式及过去分词。

中文词源

shot 射击，发射，拍照，铅沙弹，霰弹

来自 shoot 的过去分词形式，后形容词过名词使用。

英英释意

1. an attempt to score in a game

2. (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand;: "it took two strokes to get out of the bunker"; "a good shot require good balance and tempo"; "he left me an almost impossible shot"

3. the act of firing a projectile;: "his shooting was slow but accurate"

4. a chance to do something;: "he wanted a shot at the champion"

5. the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe;: "the nurse gave him a flu shot"

6. a solid missile discharged from a firearm;: "the shot buzzed past his ear"

7. an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera;: "my snapshots haven't been developed yet"; "he tried to get unposed shots of his friends"

8. a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film

9. informal words for any attempt or effort;: "he gave it his best shot"; "he took a stab at forecasting"

10. an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect;: "his parting shot was `drop dead'"; "she threw shafts of sarcasm"; "she takes a dig at me every chance she gets"

11. a blow hard enough to cause injury;: "he is still recovering from a shot to his leg"; "I caught him with a solid shot to the chin"

12. a small drink of liquor;: "he poured a shot of whiskey"

13. sports equipment consisting of a heavy metal ball used in the shot put;: "he trained at putting the shot"

14. a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot);: "he is a crack shot"; "a poor shooter"

15. the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination

16. an explosive charge used in blasting

17. an estimate based on little or no information

英文词源

shot: shot: [OE] Shot goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *skutaz, which was derived from the same base that produced English shoot. It used to mean ‘payment’ as well as ‘act of shooting’, a sense shared by its Old Norse relative skot, which provided English with the scot of scotfree [16] (etymologically ‘without having to pay’).
=> scot-free, shoot
shot (n.): Old English scot, sceot "a shot, a shooting, an act of shooting; that which is discharged in shooting, what is shot forth; darting, rapid motion," from Proto-Germanic *skutan (cognates: Old Norse skutr, Old Frisian skete, Middle Dutch scote, German Schuß "a shot"), related to sceotan "to shoot" (see shoot (v.)).

Meaning "discharge of a bow, missile," also is from related Old English gesceot. Extended to other projectiles in Middle English, and to sports (hockey, basketball, etc.) 1868. Another original meaning, "payment" (perhaps literally "money thrown down") is preserved in scot-free. "Throwing down" might also have led to the meaning "a drink," first attested 1670s, the more precise meaning "small drink of straight liquor" by 1928 (shot glass by 1955). Camera view sense is from 1958. Sense of "hypodermic injection" first attested 1904; figurative phrase shot in the arm "stimulant" first recorded 1922. Meaning "try, attempt" is from 1756; sense of "remark meant to wound" is recorded from 1841. Meaning "an expert in shooting" is from 1780. To call the shots "control events, make decisions" is American English, 1922, perhaps from sport shooting. Shot in the dark "uninformed guess" is from 1885. Big shot "important person" is from 1861.
shot (adj.): early 15c., past participle adjective from shoot (v.). Meaning "wounded or killed by a bullet or other projectile" is from 1837. Figurative sense "ruined, worn out" is from 1833.

考试真题

A recent survey by a credit bureau revealed that the number of alarmed citizens had shot up to 76 percent.

A scene in a popular South Korean music video was shot in Songdo.

An officer then shot an arrow to put it to sleep.

It is impossible that a single shot of education, administered in childhood and early adulthood, will be able to support a sustained, 60-year career.

It is impossible that a single shot of education, administered in childhood and early adulthood,will be able to support a sustained, 60-year career.

Police frequent the area day and night, as two months ago, a young man was shot just down the street.

What the man thinks of the shots.

I can't wait to see them, I'm wondering if the shots I took are as good as I thought

They are more likely to grow up in neighborhoods that their parents say aren't great for raising children, and their parents worry about them getting shot, beaten up or in trouble with the law.

While bullying is parents' greatest concern over all, nearly half of low-income parents worry their child will get shot, compared with one-fifth of high-income parents.

If a basketball star is, for example, trying to gain a high personal point total, he may take a shot himself when it would be better to pass the ball to a teammate, affecting the team's performance.

In fact, they were shot from 1914 through 1916, most of them after a disastrous shipwreck, by a cameraman who had no reasonable expectation of survival.

Jeff had hunted in Lowa before Thanksgiving with his dog, Rosie, but the gun shots had scared the dog off.

Patient as I was, after about 15 minutes, my camera scanning the sun and reviewing the shot I would eventually take, I grew frustrated.

The last confirmed wild pigeon in the United States was shot by a boy in pike county, Ohio, in 1900.

Through the first two games, her team did not get one serious shot on goal.

While I was slow to accept that I would be the one to keep track of her shots, to schedule her vet appointments, to feed and clean her, misty knew this on day one.

词组搭配

give it one's best shot

(informal)do the best that one can

(非正式)尽力做好

not a shot in one's locker

(Brit.)no money or chances left

(英)身无分文；毫无办法

a shot across the bows

a shot in the arm

(informal)an encouraging stimulus

(非正式)刺激；鼓舞

the movie was a real shot in the arm for our crew.
对我们全体队员来说，这部电影非常鼓舞人心。

a shot in the dark

the movie was a real shot in the arm for our crew.
对我们全体队员来说，这部电影非常鼓舞人心。

get (或 be)shot of

(Brit. informal)get (or be) rid of

(英，非正式)除去

(shot through with)suffused with (a particular feature or quality)

充满

the mist was shot through with orange spokes of light.
薄雾中散射着橙色的光线。

shot to pieces (或 to hell)

(informal)ruined

(非正式)毁坏的

like a shot

Very quickly.

非常快地

shot in the arm【非正式用语】

Something that boosts one's spirits.

兴奋剂：让人精神振奋的东西

shot in the dark【非正式用语】

A wild, unsubstantiated guess.

瞎猜：胡乱的、没有根据的猜测

An attempt that has little chance of succeeding.

成功可能性很小的尝试

实用场景例句

The man fired several shots from his pistol.: 那个男人用手枪开了几枪。

Someone took a shot at the car.: 有人朝轿车开枪。

We heard some shots in the distance.: 我们听见远处有几声枪响。

This statement was the opening shot in the argument.: 这番话打响了争论的第一炮。

The supermarket fired the first shot in a price war today.: 今天，这家超市打响了价格战的头一炮。

The team are looking good for a shot at the title.: 看来这个队力争夺冠的势头不错。

I've never produced a play before but I'll have a shot at it.: 我从来没有写过戏剧，不过我要尝试一下。

I'm willing to give it a shot .: 我愿意试试。

Just give it your best shot (= try as hard as you can) and you'll be fine.: 只要尽自己最大努力，你就会有好的结果。

Taylor scored with a low shot into the corner of the net.: 泰勒一脚低射，把球射入网角。

He had murdered Perceval at point blank range with a single shot...: 他在近距离一枪射杀了珀西瓦尔。

A man fired a volley of shots at them.: 一名男子向他们射出了一排子弹。

He was not a particularly good shot because of his eyesight.: 他视力不好，算不上是一个出色的射手。

He had only one shot at goal.: 他只有一次射门得分。

...a shot of a fox peering from the bushes...: 一只狐狸从灌木丛中窥视的照片

He received praise for the atmospheric monochrome shots in David Lynch's The Elephant Man.: 他在大卫·林奇的电影《象人》中所拍摄的那些渲染气氛的黑白镜头受到了好评。

The heavyweight champion will be given a shot at Holyfield's world title.: 这名重量级拳击冠军将尝试挑战霍利菲尔德的世界冠军头衔。

He administered a shot of Nembutal.: 他注射了一针宁比泰。

...a shot of vodka.: 一小杯伏特加

...spirits and liqueurs, served in a shot glass.: 小杯的烈性酒和利口酒

I don't expect to win. But I am going to give it my best shot.: 我没指望赢。但我会尽全力的。

As a warning shot across the bows of rivals, it is already setting aggressive prices.: 作为对竞争对手的一个警告，其已报出了很有杀伤力的价格。

The directors call the shots and nothing happens without their say-so.: 董事们掌握大权，没有他们的允许什么都不能做。

I heard the key turn in the front door and I was out of bed like a shot...: 听到钥匙在开前门的声音，我立即从床上起来了。

If he thought it his duty to arrest me, he'd do it like a shot.: 如果他认为逮捕我是他的职责，他会毫不迟疑地去做。

The deal was a long shot, but Bagley had little to lose...: 这桩交易有些冒险，不过巴格利也没什么可损失的。

I thought about meeting a handsome stranger but it seemed a bit of a long shot.: 我想象着能遇到一个英俊的陌生人，不过这似乎希望不大。

The missile-reduction treaty makes sweeping cuts, but the arms race isn't over by a long shot.: 导弹削减条约大幅度减少了导弹数量，然而军备竞赛还远没有停止。

His work was deeply refreshing, and all of it shot through with humour...: 他的作品令人耳目一新，充满幽默元素。

This is an argument shot through with inconsistency.: 这个论点前后矛盾，漏洞百出。