单词 | shoot on |
释义 | > as lemmasto shoot on j. to shoot on: in immaterial sense, to make rapid progress. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > progress or advance in an action [verb (intransitive)] > make good progress > make rapid progress hie1398 to shoot on1871 1871 J. R. Green Lett. (1901) 281 My physical strength has shot on wonderfully. to shoot at (†also after, against, on, unto, to) (a) to shoot at (†also after, against, on, unto, to) the mark or object aimed at.to shoot at rovers: see to shoot at rovers at rover n.2 1a(a). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > assail with missiles [verb (transitive)] > from weapon shoota900 to shoot at (also after, against, on, unto, to)c1290 to shoot with (also in)1297 c1290 St. Sebastian 47 in S. Eng. Leg. 179 [The emperor] let archers to him scheote: ase it were to one marke. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 474 Lamech..wurð bisne, and haued a man Ðat ledde him..To scheten after ðe wilde der. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 45 An archer uor þet he hedde ylore ate geme: nom his boȝe and ssat an heȝ aye god. c1400 Laud Troy-bk. 7779 To schote at him so was he prest. c1450 Mirk's Festial 64 But euer deþe sewyth hym wyth his bow drawen and an arow þeryn redy to choton at hym. ?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) I. lf. 73 He entryd among tharchers of the troians that shotte thikke on hym. 1496 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 273 Giffin to the King himself to schute at the prop with James Mersar,..x s. 1497 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 360 Item, to the king, to schut at the schell..xvjd. a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 71 Ever as a marke to schote un to. ?1576 G. Gascoigne Spoyle of Antwerpe sig. A4v They of the Towne did not shote at the prince of Orenges Shippes. 1611 Bible (King James) Gen. xlix. 23 The archers haue sorely grieued him, and shot at him. View more context for this quotation 1673 R. Leigh Transproser Rehears'd 97 They fought for his crown when they shot at his person. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 242 Van Gheudt..shot against Bruntisland without doing any mischief. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VI. 96 They have stood to be shot at in flocks, without offering to move. 1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf ii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 52 Willie of Winton whom you shot at? 1908 E. M. Gordon Indian Folk Tales (1909) ix. 85 A young man..asked me to shoot at an owl. < as lemmas |
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