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单词 shootings
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shoot1 /shoot/

transitive verb (pat and pap shot; see also shotten)
  1. To let fly with force
  2. To discharge (a bullet, missile, etc)
  3. To hit, wound, or kill in this way
  4. To precipitate, launch forth
  5. To tip out, dump
  6. To cast
  7. To kick or hit at goal (games)
  8. To score, for a hole or the round (golf)
  9. To thrust forward
  10. To pull (one's shirt cuffs) forward so that they project from the sleeves of one's jacket
  11. To slide along
  12. To slide (a bolt) across or back
  13. To plane (a board) to give it a straight edge
  14. To produce (new growth)
  15. To crystallize
  16. To pass rapidly through, under, or over
  17. To pass through (traffic lights at red) without stopping
  18. To photograph, esp for motion pictures
  19. To variegate (usu in pap)
  20. To inject (esp oneself) with (a drug) (slang)
  21. To play (a round of golf, game of pool, etc)
  22. To detonate
intransitive verb
  1. To dart out, back, forward, etc
  2. (of a bowled ball) to keep abnormally low after pitching (cricket)
  3. To send darting pains
  4. To sprout
  5. (of vegetables) to bolt
  6. To elongate rapidly
  7. To jut out far or suddenly
  8. To begin, esp to speak one's mind or to tell what one knows (informal; usu in imperative)
  9. To tower
  10. To send forth a missile, etc
  11. To discharge a shot or weapon
  12. To use a bow or gun in practice, competition, hunting, etc
  13. To crystallize
noun
  1. A shooting
  2. A shooting match, party, expedition
  3. An area of land within which animals are hunted with firearms for sport
  4. A shot (archaic)
  5. A shooting pain
  6. A movement of the shuttle
  7. A weft thread
  8. A rapid
  9. The shooting of a film
  10. A photographic modelling session
  11. New growth
  12. A sprout
  13. The stem and leaf parts of a plant
  14. A dump
  15. A chute (see chute1)
interjection (US informal)

Expressing anger, disgust, disappointment, etc

ORIGIN: OE scēotan; Du schieten, Ger schiessen; in some senses merging with Fr chute fall

shootˈable adjective

Capable of being shot, or shot over

shootˈer noun

  1. A cricket ball that shoots (see above)
  2. A gun, etc (informal)
  3. Someone who shoots, a hired killer, etc (informal)
  4. A small drink of alcoholic spirit (informal)

shootˈing noun

  1. The action of the verb in any sense
  2. A twinge of quick pain
  3. The killing of game with firearms over a certain area
  4. The right to do so
  5. The district so limited
  6. The planing of edges that are to be joined

shootˈist noun (slang; now esp US)

  1. Someone who shoots
  2. A skilled marksman

shootˈ-'em-up noun (informal; orig US)

A film, television programme or computer game featuring or involving scenes of violent action, gunfights, etc

shooting board noun

A board for steadying a piece of wood for shooting

shooting box or shooting lodge noun

A small house in the country for use in the shooting season

shooting brake noun (old)

An estate car

shooting gallery noun

  1. A long room used for practice or amusement with firearms
  2. A place where addicts gather to inject drugs (slang)

shooting iron noun (slang)

A firearm, esp a revolver

shooting jacket noun

A short coat for shooting in

shooting range noun

A place for shooting at targets

shooting script noun (film)

A final version of a script with instructions for the cameraman indicating the order in which scenes will be shot

shooting star noun

  1. A meteor (informal)
  2. A N American plant of the primrose family

shooting stick noun

  1. A printer's tool used for locking and unlocking formes by tapping the quoins
  2. A walking-stick with a two-part handle that opens out to form a seat

shooting war noun

Actual war as distinct from cold war

shootˈ-out noun

A gunfight, esp to the death or other decisive conclusion (also figurative)

get shot of (slang)

To get rid of

have shot one's bolt see under bolt1

shoot a line (informal)

To brag, exaggerate (lineˈ-shooter noun)

shoot down

  1. To kill, or to bring down (an aeroplane) by shooting
  2. To rout, defeat

shoot down in flames (informal)

  1. To reprimand severely
  2. To destroy, humiliate, esp by the strength of one's argument

shoot from the hip (informal)

To speak bluntly or hastily, without preparation or without concern for the consequences

shoot home

To hit the target (also figurative)

shoot it out

To settle (a dispute, competition, etc) conclusively by shooting (also figurative)

shoot off

  1. To discharge a gun
  2. To begin
  3. To rush away

shoot oneself in the foot (informal)

To harm one's own interests by ineptitude

shoot one's mouth off see under mouth

shoot the breeze (informal)

To chat inconsequentially

shoot the crow (slang)

To leave

shoot the sun (nautical)

To take the sun's altitude

shoot the works (slang)

  1. To risk one's all on one play (gambling)
  2. Hence, to make one's maximum effort

shoot through (informal; esp Aust)

To go, depart in haste

shoot up

  1. To kill or injure by shooting
  2. To grow very quickly
  3. To inject (a drug, esp heroin) (slang)

the whole (bang) shoot or shooting match (informal)

The whole lot
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