单词 | long shot |
释义 | long shot[ lawng-shot, long ] / ˈlɔŋ ˌʃɒt, ˈlɒŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR long shot ON THESAURUS.COM nouna horse, team, etc., that has little chance of winning and carries long odds. an attempt or undertaking that offers much but in which there is little chance for success: Getting tickets at this late date is a long shot, but I'll give it a whirl. Movies, Television. a camera shot taken at a relatively great distance from the subject and permitting a broad view of a scene.Compare close-up (def. 2), medium shot. Idioms for long shotby a long shot, by any means; by a measurable degree (usually used in the negative): They haven't finished by a long shot. Origin of long shotFirst recorded in 1785–95 Words nearby long shotlongshore, longshore drift, longshoreman, longshorewoman, longshoring, long shot, long-sighted, longsleever, longsome, Longs Peak, long splice Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for long shotBritish Dictionary definitions for long shotlong shot nouna competitor, as in a race, considered to be unlikely to win a bet against heavy odds an undertaking, guess, or possibility with little chance of success films television a shot where the camera is or appears to be distant from the object to be photographed by a long shot by any meanshe still hasn't finished by a long shot Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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