| 单词 | to shoot back |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto shoot back i. intransitive. To proceed, go ahead (with a speech, question, etc.), to ‘fire away’. Usually imperative, as an invitation to introduce a topic. Also transitive to direct (words); to say, speak; occasionally imperative with it, and to shoot back, to riposte, retort. colloquial (originally U.S.). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] speakc825 queatheOE forthdoc900 i-seggenc900 sayeOE speak971 meleOE quidOE spella1000 forthbringc1000 givec1175 warpa1225 mootc1225 i-schirea1250 upbringa1250 outsay?c1250 spilec1275 talec1275 wisea1300 crackc1315 nevena1325 cast1330 rehearsec1330 roundc1330 spend1362 carpa1375 sermona1382 to speak outc1384 usea1387 minc1390 pronouncea1393 lancec1400 mellc1400 nurnc1400 slingc1400 tellc1400 wordc1400 yelpc1400 worka1425 utterc1444 outspeakc1449 yielda1450 arecchec1460 roose?a1475 cutc1525 to come forth with1532 bubble1536 prolate1542 report1548 prolocute1570 bespeak1579 wield1581 upbraid1587 up with (also mid) ——1594 name1595 upbrayc1600 discoursea1616 tonguea1616 to bring out1665 voice1665 emit1753 lip1789 to out with1802 pitch1811 go1836 to open one's head1843 vocabulize1861 shoot1915 verbal1920 be1982 the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)] > begin to speak upbreakc1275 to set spell on enda1300 gina1333 to take up (one's) parablea1382 braidc1400 to take up the word1477 begin1563 exordiate1594 to speak upa1723 to lug out1787 to speak out1792 upspeak1827 exordize1887 shoot1915 open1926 to come in1949 the mind > attention and judgement > answer > answer [verb (transitive)] > sharply returna1500 reply1526 snap1550 pat1575 retort1597 regyre1606 regest1614 retaliate1632 snap1647 repartee1677 riposte1823 to shoot back1974 1915 Dial. Notes 4 235 Shoot, imper., continue; go ahead. 1917 G. Ade Let. 12 June (1973) 64 The other day a harelipped man working for me stopped me and said he wished to ask a question. I told him to shoot. 1920 S. Lewis Main St. x. 121 ‘Shall we try “The Idylls of the King”?They're so full of color.’ ‘Go to it. Shoot.’ 1930 H. R. Wakefield in London Mercury Feb. 317 ‘Surely he wouldn't tell us,’ said Dandylion. ‘He'd be on the other side.’ ‘Well, shoot some of your S.A.,’ said the young person, ‘He'll soon come across.’ 1930 Observer 23 Mar. 15 At shooting the smart stuff, Miss Blakeney has the world well beaten. 1934 J. M. Cain Postman always rings Twice ii. 9 I shot it right close to her ear, almost in a whisper. ‘How come you married this Greek, anyway?’ 1935 W. D. Hubbard Thousandth Frog 157 ‘Well,’ said Gratton. ‘Shoot it.’ 1942 Amer. Mercury July 90 Dat what you shooting ain't worth a damn! 1951 J. C. Fennessy Sonnet in Bottle vii. iii. 259 ‘I want to ask your advice about something.’.. Rupert said, ‘Well, shoot.’ 1974 ‘E. Lathen’ Sweet & Low xi. 112 ‘Where's Amory?’... ‘How do I know?’ Yeoman shot back. 1978 H. Wouk War & Remembrance xxxvii. 388 ‘Can I pick your brain on one more point?’ ‘Shoot.’ < as lemmas |
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