英语词汇“to shoot a river”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. transitive. With object denoting what is passed through, over, or under by ‘shooting’: (a) To pass quickly under (a bridge) in a boat; (b) to descend (a rapid or cataract) swiftly in a boat or other vessel; so to shoot a river; (c) to ‘coast’ down (a hill) in cycling; (d) nonce-use to pass swiftly over (a distance).

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society > travel > travel by water > [verb (transitive)] > pass under a bridge

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society > travel > travel by water > [verb (transitive)] > sail down swiftly

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society > travel > transport > cycling > cycle [verb (intransitive)] > coast or freewheel > down a hill

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society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > direct or manage ship [verb (transitive)] > set a ship's course > pass quickly under (a bridge)

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1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 1713/1 They coulde not shoote the bridge.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 74 Having shot two or three small bridges..we came to the Village Lizzafusina.

1678 V. Alsop Melius Inquirendum ii. i. 149 To withdraw from Apparent Duty, for fear of uncertain danger, is but like his, that would not shoot the Bridge, because it might fall on's Head.

1730 H. Fielding Pleasures of Town iii, in Author's Farce 55 When one Day among other Frolicks our Ship's Crew shooting the Bridge, the Boat over-set.

1834 F. Marryat Jacob Faithful I. vi. 105 In half an hour I had shot Putney Bridge.

1877 H. Foley Rec. Eng. Prov. S.J. I. 496 (note) This was the old London Bridge... It was always a dangerous thing to ‘shoot’ the arches when it was running.

in extended use.1705 E. Ward Hudibras Redivivus I. iv. 5 I shot the Porch that bears the Name Of good King Lud.(b)1613 R. Harcourt Relation Voy. Guiana 49 Wee turned downe the riuer, shooting the ouerfalles with more celerity then when wee came vp.1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica ii. i. 141 The Boat..sometimes shoots the Cataract.1703 tr. L. de Lahontan New Voy. N.-Amer. I. 143 Another River..has six or seven Water-falls that we commonly shoot.1776 C. Carroll in Kate Rowland Life (1898) I. 393 All our batteaux which shoot the rapids and go down the Sorel to Chamblay.1829 R. Southey Sir Thomas More II. 18 It must have been a grand sight to have seen them shoot the falls!1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. ii. 28 There were probably not three men..who would have dared to shoot the lasher in a skiff in its then state.1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 104 The..voyageurs..prefer..shooting a river, that is to say, dashing over the rapids in the swift current.1877 W. Black Green Pastures & Piccadilly II. xvii. 263 You would have fancied that Bell had..spent her life in shooting rapids.figurative.1842 T. De Quincey Cicero in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 19/2 A man might shoot a whole series of divorces, still refunding the last dowery, but still replacing it with a better.(c)1878 Athletic World 3 May 57/2 Mr. Godlee..having..taken a header while shooting a hill with legs over the handles [of his cycle].(d)1898 G. Meredith Odes French Hist. 26 Who..Spurred a blood-mare immeasurably fleet To shoot the transient leagues in a passing wink.

单词	to shoot a river
释义	> as lemmas to shoot a river a. transitive. With object denoting what is passed through, over, or under by ‘shooting’: (a) To pass quickly under (a bridge) in a boat; (b) to descend (a rapid or cataract) swiftly in a boat or other vessel; so to shoot a river; (c) to ‘coast’ down (a hill) in cycling; (d) nonce-use to pass swiftly over (a distance). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > [verb (transitive)] > pass under a bridge shoot1563 society > travel > travel by water > [verb (transitive)] > sail down swiftly shoot1563 society > travel > transport > cycling > cycle [verb (intransitive)] > coast or freewheel > down a hill shoot1563 society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > direct or manage ship [verb (transitive)] > set a ship's course > pass quickly under (a bridge) shoot1563 (a) 1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 1713/1 They coulde not shoote the bridge. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 74 Having shot two or three small bridges..we came to the Village Lizzafusina. 1678 V. Alsop Melius Inquirendum ii. i. 149 To withdraw from Apparent Duty, for fear of uncertain danger, is but like his, that would not shoot the Bridge, because it might fall on's Head. 1730 H. Fielding Pleasures of Town iii, in Author's Farce 55 When one Day among other Frolicks our Ship's Crew shooting the Bridge, the Boat over-set. 1834 F. Marryat Jacob Faithful I. vi. 105 In half an hour I had shot Putney Bridge. 1877 H. Foley Rec. Eng. Prov. S.J. I. 496 (note) This was the old London Bridge... It was always a dangerous thing to ‘shoot’ the arches when it was running. in extended use.1705 E. Ward Hudibras Redivivus I. iv. 5 I shot the Porch that bears the Name Of good King Lud.(b)1613 R. Harcourt Relation Voy. Guiana 49 Wee turned downe the riuer, shooting the ouerfalles with more celerity then when wee came vp.1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica ii. i. 141 The Boat..sometimes shoots the Cataract.1703 tr. L. de Lahontan New Voy. N.-Amer. I. 143 Another River..has six or seven Water-falls that we commonly shoot.1776 C. Carroll in Kate Rowland Life (1898) I. 393 All our batteaux which shoot the rapids and go down the Sorel to Chamblay.1829 R. Southey Sir Thomas More II. 18 It must have been a grand sight to have seen them shoot the falls!1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. ii. 28 There were probably not three men..who would have dared to shoot the lasher in a skiff in its then state.1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 104 The..voyageurs..prefer..shooting a river, that is to say, dashing over the rapids in the swift current.1877 W. Black Green Pastures & Piccadilly II. xvii. 263 You would have fancied that Bell had..spent her life in shooting rapids.figurative.1842 T. De Quincey Cicero in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 19/2 A man might shoot a whole series of divorces, still refunding the last dowery, but still replacing it with a better.(c)1878 Athletic World 3 May 57/2 Mr. Godlee..having..taken a header while shooting a hill with legs over the handles [of his cycle].(d)1898 G. Meredith Odes French Hist. 26 Who..Spurred a blood-mare immeasurably fleet To shoot the transient leagues in a passing wink. extracted from shootv. < as lemmas
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