| 释义 |
ˈcock-shot colloq.
[cf. cock-shy.]
Anything stuck up as a convenient mark for missiles; a shot at such a mark.
1842S. Lover Handy Andy xv. 140 ‘Oh! 'twos such a nice cock-shot, 'twos impossible not to have a shy at it.’ 1884C. Power in Gentl. Mag. Feb. 107 Take cock-shots with a boot-jack at hawthorn-pattern vases. |