Shot

[ʃɒt] or [ʃɑt]

解释:

(noun.) informal words for any attempt or effort; 'he gave it his best shot'; 'he took a stab at forecasting'.

(noun.) an attempt to score in a game.

(noun.) 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'.

(noun.) a solid missile discharged from a firearm; 'the shot buzzed past his ear'.

(noun.) an explosive charge used in blasting.

(noun.) sports equipment consisting of a heavy metal ball used in the shot put; 'he trained at putting the shot'.

(noun.) 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'.

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

(noun.) a chance to do something; 'he wanted a shot at the champion'.

手打:特雷弗--From WordNet

解释:

(imp. & p. p.) of Shoot

(-) imp. & p. p. of Shoot.

(a.) Woven in such a way as to produce an effect of variegation, of changeable tints, or of being figured; as, shot silks. See Shoot, v. t., 8.

(v. t.) A share or proportion; a reckoning; a scot.

(pl. ) of Shot

(n.) The act of shooting; discharge of a firearm or other weapon which throws a missile.

(n.) A missile weapon, particularly a ball or bullet; specifically, whatever is discharged as a projectile from firearms or cannon by the force of an explosive.

(n.) Small globular masses of lead, of various sizes, -- used chiefly for killing game; as, bird shot; buckshot.

(n.) The flight of a missile, or the distance which it is, or can be, thrown; as, the vessel was distant more than a cannon shot.

(n.) A marksman; one who practices shooting; as, an exellent shot.

(v. t.) To load with shot, as a gun.

格特鲁德编辑

同义词及近义词：

n. [1]. Discharge.[2]. Ball, bullet.[3]. [Colloquial.] Marksman.

克莉丝汀编辑

解释:

adj. (Spens.) advanced in years.—n. a young pig.

adj. having a changeable colour chatoyant as silk alpaca &c.

n. a reckoning a share of a tavern-bill &c.—adj. Shot′-free (Shak.) exempted from paying one's share of the reckoning or of expense.

n. act of shooting: a marksman: a missile: flight of a missile or the distance passed by it: small globules of lead: (gun.) solid projectiles generally: a small pellet of which there are a number in one charge: range of shot reach: one cast or set of fishing-nets: the act of shooting one who shoots a marksman: a plot of land a square furlong: a stroke in billiards &c.—v.t. to load with shot:—pr.p. shot′ting; pa.p. shot′ted.—ns. Shot′-belt a belt with a pouch for carrying shot; Shot′-cart′ridge a cartridge containing small shot; Shot′-gauge an instrument for measuring the size of round-shot; Shot′-gun a smooth-bore gun for small shot a fowling-piece; Shot′-hole a hole made by a shot or bullet: a blasting-hole ready for a blast; Shot′-of-a-cā′ble a length of rope as it comes from the rope-walk; Shot′-pouch a pouch for small shot.—adjs. Shot′-proof proof against shot; Shot′ted loaded with ball and powder: having a shot or weight attached.—ns. Shot′-tow′er a place where small shot is made by dropping molten lead through a colander in rapid motion from a considerable height into water; Shot′-win′dow a projecting window in the staircases of old Scotch wooden houses.—A bad shot a wrong guess; A shot in the locker a last reserve of money food &c.

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