| 单词 | scattershot |
| 释义 | > as lemmasscattershot scattershot n. originally and chiefly North American the shot contained in a scatter-charge; also used figuratively (chiefly attributively) to designate something of a random, haphazard, or indiscriminate character (cf. scattergun n. 2). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > indiscriminateness > [adjective] blinda1400 unchoosinga1586 undiscerning1589 unrespective1609 irrespecting1625 promiscuous1633 incurious1645 indistinct1650 irrespective1650 uncritical1659 indiscerning1664 undistinguishing1665 undistinguishable1702 unrefining1735 indiscriminating1754 undiscriminating1776 indiscriminate1792 unfastidious1816 rough1819 lumping1827 indistinguishing1828 unparticularizing1828 farraginous1837 imperceiverant1844 scattergun1845 undistinctive1851 indiscriminative1854 unselecting1895 scattershot1961 the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > indiscriminateness > [noun] > one who or that which is indiscriminate confounder1739 lumper1857 impurist1937 scattershot1961 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or shot collectively > shot > small pellet1372 die?c1390 hail-shot1485 die-shot1581 dice-shot1588 birdshot1626 key-shot1648 mould shot1675 cartridge-shot1690 small shot1727 drop1753 shot-cornc1792 dust-shot1800 sparrow-hail1859 steel1898 scattershot1961 1961 Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Scattershot. 1965 Economist 19 June 1393/2 The President's..scatter-shot efforts to reduce the government's spending. 1967 Boston Globe 5 Apr. 51/2 Jack Nicklaus is more concerned over his scattershot driver than the threat of mumps. 1972 Publishers Weekly 10 July 42/2 Shirley Green brings more scattershot curiosity than serious learning to her ‘history’. 1974 State (Columbia, S. Carolina) 27 Feb. 18- a/6 When demagogic politicians ride the land firing scatter shot, nobody..is safe unless he shares their prejudices. 1978 R. Stevens Law & Politics 505 The future of the judicial role in England..may lie far more with subtle use of judicial restraint than with scattershot judicial activism. < as lemmas |
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