| 单词 | shotgun seat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasshotgun seat North American colloquial. The front passenger seat in a vehicle; the chance to sit in this seat on a particular journey (also as int.: used to claim this chance). Frequently attributive, esp. in shotgun seat. Cf. to ride shotgun at ride v. Phrases 2m. to call shotgun: to claim the chance to sit in the front passenger seat of a vehicle on a particular journey, esp. by saying the word ‘shotgun’.In quot. 1940 with reference to the practice of travelling next to the driver of a vehicle as an armed guard: see ride v. Phrases 2m(a). ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > parts and equipment of vehicles generally > [noun] > seat > of specific type or position driver's seata1726 side seat1742 driving seat1788 back seata1832 aisle seat1838 car seat1850 reclining seat1857 window seat1862 passenger seat1867 seat-board1873 garden seat1884 bucket-seat1908 shotgun1940 Sleeperette1950 sleeper seat1960 1940 Pony Express Courier Feb. 10/3 Why not immortalize men equally as brave who rode the Shotgun seat on the Old Concord? 1966 R. Gover Poor Boy at Party xvii. 226 He got up and staggered to the shotgun seat and tossed me the keys. 1972 G. Lucas et al. Amer. Graffiti (film script) 55 (Joe heads for the driver's side and Ants and Bean both go for the front passenger door.) Bean. Shotgun! Ants. No, I called it! 1980 Washington Post (Nexis) 3 Dec. d1 A lowered '59 Chevy roars by, and the kid in the shotgun position sticks his head out the window. 1991 C. Reynolds in G. Garrett & P. Ruffin Contemp. Southern Short Fiction 79 ‘Let's go,’ Charlie yelled. ‘Shotgun!’ ‘I already cu-cu-called “shotgun”, g-goddamnit,’ Jackpot yelled. 2001 Bodyboarding Mag. Dec. 55 The first couple of days in Cabo, I tried to get shotgun, but then I knew that that wasn't an option so I tried to get a window seat in the back. 2009 L. Spalding Writing Away p. xix You're actually driving, by the way. I call shotgun. < as lemmas |
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