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

单词	shoot
释义	shoot I. \ˈshüt, usu -üd.+V\ verb (shot ; shot \ˈshät, usu -äd.+V\ ; also chiefly dialect shot·ten \ˈshät^ən\ ; shooting ; shoots) Etymology: Middle English sheten, shoten, shuten, from Old English scēotan; akin to Old High German skiozzan to shoot, Old Norse skjōta to shoot, Crimean Gothic schieten to shoot an arrow, Lithuanian skudrus quick, agile, Sanskrit codati he incites, skundate he hurries *transitive verb* 1. a. (1) : to let fly or cause to be driven forward with force (as an arrow, bolt, stone, bullet) from a bow, sling, or similar device or from a firearm < shoot an arrow into the air > < shoot six bullets after a fleeing burglar > < were shooting off live ammunition > (2) of a device : to send forth or be capable of sending forth < automatically shoots one bullet per second > < shoot a line to a ship for hauling in a breeches buoy > : use or accommodate as its proper charge or missile < a target pistol that shoots lead pellets > < this bow shoots standard arrows > (3) : to cause a missile to be driven forth from (as a bow, sling, gun) : discharge < expert at shooting a pistol > — often used with off < was a grown man when he first shot off a gun > < the sound of rifles being shot off > also : to set off the explosive charge in (a gun) < shooting pistols loaded with blank cartridges > b. : to send forth in a manner suggestive especially in suddenness or intensity of one discharging a missile from a bow or gun : dart < the porcupine … does not, as commonly supposed, shoot his spines at an enemy — American Guide Series: Minnesota > < shot uneasy glances over their shoulders — Kenneth Roberts > < shot a long-toothed smile — Earle Birney > < shot at him a look of amazement > c. : to let fly or send forth in a manner suggestive especially in the course taken of the flight of something shot: as (1) : to let fly (as a marble, a pellet) by propelling from the forefinger with the thumb < shot a spitball across the room > (2) : to send forth or drive along by a fingertip flicked across the thumb < shot a crumb off his sleeve > < shoot a poker chip across a table > (3) : to send forth (as a ball or puck) in a game especially toward or at a particular objective (as a goal, net, pocket, another player) by propelling with the hands or feet or with an implement < shooting fouls with his left hand — Stanley Frank > < swung his mallet and shot the ball into the goal > < shoot the eight ball into the side pocket > < scooped up the ball and shot it to second > also : to score by so doing < shoot a basket > < shoot the winning goal > < shot a hole in one > < shoots an 80 on the home links > 2. a. : to strike with something shot : hit with a missile especially from a bow or gun; especially : to wound or kill with a missile discharged from a firearm < shoot a rabbit > < try to shoot a fleeing burglar > < was accidentally shot > < shot him dead > < shot him through the heart > < shot himself in the leg > b. (1) : to remove or destroy by means of something shot or by shooting < set about shooting it to bits > < had shot every building into rubble > — often used with away, off, out < shot away her masts > < had his hand shot off > < shoot off the lock > < shoot every window in the building out > < shot out the light > (2) : to destroy as completely as something shot to pieces : ruin, wreck < an occasional shooting of the mood is a minor complaint of modern United States poets — Reporter > < a delicate mechanism shot by prolonged misuse > : explode < seems to shoot the theory that she was specially detailed to work on me — L.C.Stevens > c. : to put to death by a missile discharged from a firearm especially as a penalty < was sentenced to be shot as a spy > < that scoundrel ought to be taken out and shot > < we don't shoot traitors, we hang them > d. (1) : to engage in the practice of killing (as birds, game) with firearms especially as a sport < goes south every year to shoot quail > < preferred shooting small game > (2) : to do shooting for game in or on : hunt over < had shot the surrounding country many times > < shoot a tract of woodland > < allowed no one to shoot his land > 3. a. : to push or slide (as the bolt of a door or a lock) into or out of a fastening < slammed the iron door and shot the bolts — R.M.Stern > < a few minutes manipulation with a bunch of skeleton keys sufficed to shoot back the bolt — F.W.Crofts > b. : to pass (a shuttle or filling thread) through the warp threads in weaving 4. a. : to throw or cast suddenly especially with force : fling, precipitate < shot his rider over his head > < the pilot must be shot from his cockpit to clear the tail — Time > < grabbed the troublemakers and shot them out the door > b. : to discharge, dump, or empty especially by overturning, upending, or directing into a slide < shoot the flour into the bins > < shot 10 tons of coal through the cellar window > < a pit into which the dead carts had nightly shot corpses by scores — T.B.Macaulay > c. : to deal with or dispose of as if throwing away or casting aside: as (1) : to toss or thrust hurriedly or carelessly < shoot the dishes into the sink > < shot the letter under the blotter as the door opened > < shot his hat and coat into the closet and dashed upstairs > (2) slang : to get rid of : give up : discard, quit (3) : to spend especially extravagantly < shoot 1000 francs on a dinner for four — Sat. Eve. Post > : use up : exhaust < had shot his roll > d. : to throw out (dice) for inspection especially in craps : cast; also : to place or offer (a bet) on the result of such casting < shoot five dollars > e. of a crab or lobster : to drop or cast off (a limb) 5. a. : to push or thrust forward : stick out : project, protrude < shot his finger at my father's nose — Alan Harrington > — usually used with out < shoot out a hand in greeting > < tiny lizards shooting out their tongues > < weather had warped and separated some of the clapboards, shooting the nails — Thomas Williams > b. : to put forth (a growth) : send out : extrude — usually used with out or forth < plants shooting out buds > < shoot out long thin hairs that act not only as organs of defense but as anchors — W.E.Swinton > < shot forth a thick growth of new branches > 6. a. (1) : to utter (as words, sounds) rapidly or suddenly or with force < his stomach tightened as he heard … shoot the next question — Erle Stanley Gardner > < shot out some angry words > < shot back a simple and satisfactory answer instantly — J.D.Hart > < shot everything out in one sentence > < shot out a snort of disbelief > (2) : to engage in (aimless talk) often as a means of passing the time < sit around shooting the bull > b. : to emit (as light, flame, fumes) suddenly or rapidly < the clanking tractor monster … shooting smoke and fumes out of its belly — A.R.Williams > < a small window shot an oblique square of whiter light — Stephen Crane > c. : to eject or discharge from within the body < spitting snakes that are popularly supposed to shoot their venom > < the archerfish can shoot a drop of water six feet or more — Bill Beatty > < stepped to the rail and shot a stream of tobacco juice down into the water — Erle Stanley Gardner > (1) obsolete : to discharge (excreta) from the bowels; also : to empty (as the bowels, the body) of wastes (2) of a fish : to make a deposit of (spawn) (3) of a spider : to spin out (thread) (4) : vomit < shot his lunch > 7. a. : to place or bring in position by sudden motion (as in launching, casting anchor, seining) < when the net is shot the wind is brought abeam — G.S.L.Clowes > < shot the trawl over the starboard side — Robert Gibbings > specifically : to release (a fishing line) in casting b. (1) : to cause (as a boat) to move suddenly or swiftly forward (2) : to urge (as a horse) swiftly forward c. : to send or carry in haste or swiftly (as on an errand or to a destination) : dispatch < elevators shoot us to appointments on the fiftieth floor — Katharine F. Gerould > < a giant air bubble that shot him to the surface — Newsweek > < shoot him over to that Tactical Air Force — J.G.Cozzens > d. slang : pass < shoot the salt > 8. a. : to variegate by or as if by sprinkling or intermingling color in streaks, flecks, or patches — usually used with with and often with through < hair was shot with gray — Will Cook > < the Holy War had shot her earliest landscapes with a valiant blood-red — Francis Hackett > < descending through clouds shot with sunlight — Rex Ingamells > < like night, shoot through with star beams — Esther Carlson > < a most accomplished work … shot through with the reflections of a thoughtful man of action — William Clark > < level tones … faintly shot with irony — E.M.Lustgarten > b. : to subject to admixture in excessive amounts or of an undesirable kind — usually used with through < interpretation … shot through with partisan feeling — V.L.Parrington > < is shot through with restraints of trade — T.W.Arnold > 9. a. : to pass swiftly along by going down < shooting terrific rapids > or by or past < the London cabdriver will not shoot the traffic lights — Charles Roetter > or under < shot bridge after bridge — C.S.Forester > or over < have shot this reef many times — Ernest Beaglehole > b. : to dash by (a competitor) in a race 10. : to form by crystallization or similar physical change < rock shot into figures > 11. : to plane (as the edge of a board) straight or true : fit by planing 12. : to engage in a game of : play < shoot craps > < shoot marbles > < shoot a round of golf > < shoot a little pool with some of the boys > 13. a. : to cause (as a blast) to explode : detonate, ignite : set off < shoot a charge of dynamite > < shooting off firecrackers > b. : to effect by blasting: (1) : to mine (coal) by blasting without previous undercutting or shearing < shoot off the solid > (2) : to break up oil-retaining rock formation in (an oil well) by exploding nitroglycerin (3) : to remove (as a tree stump) by blasting 14. : to expose to or make the subject of an operation employing a device suggestive of a bow or gun (as in being trained on a distant object by aiming or sighting or in propelling a charge): as a. : to take the altitude of < I pick up my sextant and shoot the star Arcturus — C.F.Blair > < the optical, hand-held sextant which has shot the sun for mariners for centuries — Think > b. : to photograph with a motion-picture camera or with a still camera : take a picture of : film < were shooting a western > < shot her from various angles > < had to shoot several scenes over again > < techniques for shooting sports > c. : to give an injection to especially for inoculation against disease < had the children shot for diphtheria > < all calves TB and Bang tested and shot for shipment fever — National Live Stock Producer > *intransitive verb* 1. a. : to go or pass with the sudden swiftness of something shot : move rapidly and precipitately : dart or rush as if propelled or driven forcefully : precipitate oneself or be precipitated < hoping to see a star shoot > — usually used with an adverb or an adverbial phrase especially of direction < the bow twanged and the arrow shot across the narrow space — T.B.Costain > < far, far below him … shot the crystal Meramec — Winston Churchill > < the car had shot forward again with a jerk — Aldous Huxley > < elevator shot upward > < felt his feet shoot out from under him > < shoot into the stream of traffic — Paul Bowles > < great fists, left and right, shot into his face — Arthur Morrison > < dragonflies shot at tangents through our rigging — H.M.Tomlinson > < bundles of sawn lumber should begin to shoot down the flume — S.E.White > < steam shoots from a high-pressure nozzle — Waldemar Kaempffert > < a wild idea shot into her mind — Ellen Glasgow > < businessman who had shot into new prominence — F.L.Allen > < shoot out the door > < shot from his chair with a yell > < soon shot ahead of his classmates > < shooting to the surface to breathe > < shot back into the living room again — Irish Digest > < his horse, covered with foam, shot down the road over a bridge — H.E.Scudder > < in shoots a breathless towheaded twelve-year-old — Blanche E. Baughan > < shot along with a shriek that meant business — E.K.Brown > < the thought of that lifeless immobility shot through my joy with a kind of benumbing dread — P.E.More > < lifted his hand in parting and shot away — Marjorie K. Rawlings > < river shoots over the cliffs in a dazzling waterfall — American Guide Series: Minnesota > b. (1) : to move ahead by force of momentum < a sailboat shoots when the helm is put hard alee > < a heavy boat will shoot much further than a light one — C.D.Lane > (2) of a bowled ball in cricket : to travel fast and close to or along the ground after pitching c. : to stream out suddenly : spurt < blood shot from the wound at a frightening rate > < felt the tears shooting from his eyes > d. : to dart in or as if in rays : appear suddenly from or as if from a source of light < the clouds split and a ray of pure sunlight shot through the clear air — William Beebe > < from her black eyes there shot a magnificent look of defiance — Winston Churchill > < a glint of humor shot into his eyes — Laura Krey > 2. a. : to dart with a piercing sensation < pain shot through the Negro bullfighter — F.B.Gipson > b. : to throb in pain < waiting for the tooth to shoot again > 3. a. : to cause an engine or weapon to discharge a missile < they shot at a target > < tripped and fell just as he turned to shoot > b. : to practice the sport of hunting or of target firing with a gun < shoots better than he rides > < has shot from childhood > c. : to practice archery d. (1) : to become discharged : go off < shoots at the touch of a trigger > (2) : to propel a missile < guns that shoot many miles > < a rifle that shoots accurately > 4. : protrude, project, extend < the land shoots into a promontory > < trees shooting up against the sky > < Broadway, coming in from the south, shoots north and west from Union Square — American Guide Series: New York City > 5. a. (1) : grow, sprout < grass beginning to shoot > < plant life shooting up on all sides > (2) : to put forth shoots : bud, germinate (3) : to put out limbs — used of an animal b. : develop, mature < teach the young idea how to shoot — James Thomson †1748 > 6. : to spring up or grow rapidly : advance to maturity — usually used with up < shoots up to twice its length > < now he was shooting up with the promise of attaining a man's proper stature after all — T.B.Costain > < had shot up to be a tall lad for his slender fourteen years — Waldo Frank > 7. : to solidify so as to form spicules or crystals 8. : to play by propelling a ball or other object especially in a particular way: as a. : to kick the ball at goal in soccer b. : to throw the ball at a basket in basketball c. : to propel a ball to make a hit in croquet d. : to drive the ball at goal in hockey or lacrosse e. : to propel a golf ball toward a green or a cup f. : to cast dice 9. : to slide into or out of a fastening < something wrong with the way this bolt shoots > < a bolt that shoots in either direction > 10. : to begin to speak : speak out : say what one has to say — usually used as an imperative < all right, shoot and shoot quick. What's happened — J.M.Cain > 11. a. : to photograph a scene especially of a moving picture b. : to operate a camera or set cameras in operation : take a photograph 12. : to explode a charge of dynamite to produce vibrations in the ground especially in seismic prospecting : explore a region by means of portable seismographs Synonyms: see rush • - shoot at - shoot off one's mouth - shoot one's bolt - shoot one's cuffs - shoot one's way - shoot straight - shoot the chutes - shoot the moon - shoot the red - shoot the works II. noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English schoyte, from shoten to shoot 1. : a sending out of new growth (as by sprouting, budding) or the new growth or amount of new growth sent out: as a. (1) : the aerial part of a plant : a stem with its leaves and other appendages in contrast to the root (2) : a branch or portion of plant growth developed from a bud and not yet mature b. : a growth from a main stem or stock : offshoot < was an easily identifiable shoot on such a family tree — Helen Howe > < a shoot of the oldest New England — Van Wyck Brooks > < turnpike … may someday send shoots south to the Dayton-Columbus area — Richard Thruelsen > c. : a budding horn or antler d. : a similar formation of crystal e. : the part of an oyster shell between two yearly rings 2. a. : an act of shooting (as with a bow or a firearm) : discharge of a missile: (1) : shot < hoped to get a shoot at a deer > < a wild shoot into the treetops > (2) : the firing of a missile or a group of missiles during a limited period of time especially by artillery < a tremendous predawn artillery shoot — Time > < many of our shoots have been wild — H.W.Baldwin > b. obsolete : the reach of a shot : shooting distance : range c. (1) : a hunting trip < a duck shoot > < autumn shoots over the rough bogs — James Reynolds > < invited some of his friends down for a winter shoot — Newsweek > (2) : the game shot on a hunting trip (3) : the right to shoot game in a particular area (4) : a piece of usually privately owned land used and often reserved and specially kept up for shooting game < a 5000-acre shoot > < a walk around the shoot with dogs at heel — Book of the Dog > (5) : a group of persons taking part in a hunting trip : shooting party < was invited to be one of a small shoot > d. (1) : shooting match < horseshoe pitching and bow-and-arrow and gun shoots — American Guide Series: Tennessee > < a tournament shoot > < a skeet shoot > < celebration will get into action again with a muzzle-loading rifle shoot — Warren Weaver > specifically : a prescribed form of competition at archery < a wand shoot > < a clout shoot > (2) : a round of shots in a shooting match e. : any of various acts or actions suggestive of the discharge of a missile from a bow or firearm: as (1) : a cast of a fishnet (2) : the action of shooting (as a scene, a subject) with a camera (3) : a launching of a rocket device or a guided missile especially experimentally < space-shooting timetable averaging one big shoot a month — Edwin Diamond > < has been … to Las Cruces to see a rocket shoot — Bruce Bliven b.1916 > < a moon shoot > 3. a. : a motion or movement resembling or suggesting that of something shot : a movement of rapid thrusting < a quick outward shoot of his arms > or the space or distance traversed by such a movement: as (1) : a sudden or rapid advance < the lift, shoot, and swing of the seas — W.H.Taylor > < a shoot of lightning crossed the horizon — Theodora Keogh > (2) [perhaps by folk etymology from French chute — more at chute] : a rush of water down a steep or rapid (3) : a momentary darting sensation : thrill, twinge < between shoots of pain > < there was no padding … of familiarity to deaden the shoots of delight that I felt — Times Literary Supplement > (4) : thrust 3b (5) : a falling of a detached mass of earth or ice (6) : the pace between strokes in rowing b. : something having or seeming to have such a motion: as (1) : a bar of rays : beam, shaft < a shoot of sunlight > < the shoot of a flashlight > < came all together like a dust shoot — Joyce Cary > (2) : an inshoot or outshoot in baseball 4. [probably by folk etymology from French chute — more at chute] : chute: as a. : a place whether natural or artificial where a stream runs or descends swiftly b. : any of various natural or artificial inclined passages, channels, or troughs through which something (as water, logs, grain, ore) is moved (as by sliding) from one place to another on a lower level c. : a narrow high-walled passageway for moving cattle or sheep (as to or from a pen) 5. also shute \“\ : a throw of the shuttle in weaving; also : the filling thread thus laid through the shed 6. : ore shoot 7. : a place for dumping rubbish (as by shooting or tipping from a receptacle) 8. : aggregate, lot — used in the phrase the whole shoot < fed up with the whole shoot and no heart for nothing — Richard Llewelyn > III. \ˈshüt\ dialect England variant of shout IV. Britain variant of shoat V. \“, usu -üd.+V\ interjection Etymology: euphemism for shit (I) — an exclamation expressing annoyance VI. transitive verb or shoot the tube 1. : to inject (an illicit drug) especially into the bloodstream 2. chiefly Britain : rid 2b — usually used in the past part. in the phrase be shot of or get shot of < pared costs ruthlessly and got shot of its potentially worst loans — Economist > • - shoot from the hip - shoot oneself in the foot - shoot the curl - shoot the pier
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