| 单词 | to shoot skeet |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto shoot skeet A form of clay-pigeon shooting in which targets are projected at a variety of shooting angles in a semicircular range. Also, in some attributive uses (see below), a clay pigeon; so to shoot skeet. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > competitive shooting > trap-shooting > [noun] trap-shooting1892 skeet1926 skeeting1926 skeet shooting1926 1926 National Sportsman (U.S.) May 18 (heading) Skeet, the new sport. 1926 National Sportsman (U.S.) May 18 Since the prize of $100 was offered for the most suitable name for the new shooting sport.., nearly 10,000 suggestions have been received... After careful consideration, the name that seemed to apply itself the best was ‘skeet’, a very old form of our present word ‘shoot’... Mrs. Gertrude Hurlbutt, Dayton, Montana, sent in the suggestion. 1931 Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 26 Oct. 3/2 Skeets [sic] is unlike regular trap-shooting in that the birds come from oppositely located houses and that, in one position two birds come at once. 1931 L. B. Smith (title) Better trapshooting. With a section on skeet. 1939 Country Life 11 Feb. p. xxi/3 (advt.) Clay bird shooting.—Practice and Coaching; every flight imitated; skeet; automatic traps. 1955 R. Churchill Game Shooting iii. i. 173 In 1927, I myself introduced the game of skeet to England. 1976 Webster's Sports Dict. 395/1 A round of skeet consists of 25 shots. 1979 R. Jaffe Class Reunion ii. ii. 139 He liked to dance, play golf, drink, shoot skeet, and laugh. < as lemmas |
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