| 单词 | great or high shot |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgreat or high shot c. big shot (formerly also great or high shot), an important person; a prominent member of a profession, organization, etc. Also attributive. Chiefly U.S. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > one who is important persona1425 personagec1460 colossus1605 satrapon1650 bigwig1772 big man1789 butt-cut1806 tallboy1820 buzz-wig1854 great or high shot1861 celestial1874 pot1880 big stuff1883 importance1886 big wheel1893 mandarin1907 the (also a) big noise1909 hotty1910 big boy1918 biggie1926 hotshot1933 wheel1933 eminence1935 top hat1936 big or great white chief1937 Mr Big1940 big kahuna1966 1861 G. Meredith Let. 9 July (1970) I. 91 The great ‘shots’ of Stanz parade the town with their prizes in their hats. 1929 Cincinnati (Ohio) Enquirer 5 Oct. 10/3 One of them is just as likely to win the series as one of the ‘big shots’. 1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 30 Apr. 340/2 The ‘Big Shots’ whom ‘the cops’ would love to have alone are protected by their criminal associates. 1933 D. Runyon in Collier's 28 Jan. 41/1 Many of these guys are very high shots during the gold rush. 1935 C. Odets Waiting for Lefty in Three Plays (1936) 135 Sure, the big shot money men want us like that. 1941 W. H. Auden New Year Let. ii. 33 Unlike the big-shots of the day. 1957 H. Roosenburg Walls came tumbling Down iii. 74 Who are these new prisoners? Are they all the big-shot Nazis? 1960 New Statesman 9 Jan. 31/1 On arrival I was asked to dine with Thomas Lamont, along with a number of big-shots in the American newspaper world, including..Henry Luce of Time-Life. 1974 K. Millet Flying (1975) iii. 300 He would still go for his man in an interview. Used the program to get the big shots. < as lemmas |
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