| 单词 | the whole shooting gallery |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe whole shooting gallery shooting-gallery n. (a) a long room, or a booth at a fair, fitted with a target and other appliances for the practice of shooting; also figurative in colloquial phrase the whole shooting gallery = the whole shoot at shoot n.1 8; (b) U.S. slang, a place where addictive drugs may be obtained and ‘shot’ or taken by injection. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > fairground or amusement park > [noun] > shooting booth shooting-gallery1836 shooting booth1900 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > competitive shooting > [noun] > shooting-range shooting-gallery1836 range1840 rifle range1857 shooting-range1908 the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > [noun] > place for injecting drugs shooting-gallery1951 needle park1965 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. II. 216 The Pall-mall shooting-gallery. 1897 S. R. Crockett Sir Toady Lion xix. 151 The Aunt-Sallies, the shooting-galleries, and the miscellaneous side-shows [at the fair]. 1951 Life 11 June 120/1 Sometimes he runs a ‘shooting gallery’, an establishment which not only sells the addict dope but furnishes hypodermics. a1966 ‘M. na Gopaleen’ Best of Myles (1968) 323 Put the whole shooting gallery into a saucepan of cold water. 1972 J. Wambaugh Blue Knight (1973) ii. 36 He knows this boss dyke, a real mean bull dagger. Her pad's a shooting gallery for some of us. 1973 R. Busby Pattern of Violence v. 79 ‘Did you call in?’.. ‘Yeah... The whole shooting gallery 'll be here in a few minutes.’ < as lemmas |
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