shot
n. 射击; 优秀射手; 弹丸; 一席话; 投篮; 铅球; 照片; 镜头; 注射; 少量饮料;
adj. 杂色的; 破烂不堪
Shot is the past tense and past participle of shoot .
A shot is an act of firing a gun.
He had murdered Perceval at point blank range with a single shot...
他在近距离一枪射杀了珀西瓦尔。
A man fired a volley of shots at them.
一名男子向他们射出了一排子弹。
Someone who is a good shot can shoot well. Someone who is a bad shot cannot shoot well.
He was not a particularly good shot because of his eyesight.
他视力不好,算不上是一个出色的射手。
In sports such as football, golf, or tennis, a shot is an act of kicking, hitting, or throwing the ball, especially in an attempt to score a point.
He had only one shot at goal.
他只有一次射门得分。
A shot is a photograph or a particular sequence of pictures in a film.
...a shot of a fox peering from the bushes...
一只狐狸从灌木丛中窥视的照片
He received praise for the atmospheric monochrome shots in David Lynch's The Elephant Man.
他在大卫·林奇的电影《象人》中所拍摄的那些渲染气氛的黑白镜头受到了好评。
If you have a shot at something, you attempt to do it.
The heavyweight champion will be given a shot at Holyfield's world title.
这名重量级拳击冠军将尝试挑战霍利菲尔德的世界冠军头衔。
A shot of a drug is an injection of it.
He administered a shot of Nembutal.
他注射了一针宁比泰。
A shot of a strong alcoholic drink is a small glass of it.
...a shot of vodka.
一小杯伏特加
...spirits and liqueurs, served in a shot glass.
小杯的烈性酒和利口酒
If you give something your best shot, you do it as well as you possibly can.
I don't expect to win. But I am going to give it my best shot.
我没指望赢。但我会尽全力的。
If you describe someone's actions as a shot across the bows of another person, you mean that it is a warning to that person to stop or change what they are doing.
As a warning shot across the bows of rivals, it is already setting aggressive prices.
作为对竞争对手的一个警告,其已报出了很有杀伤力的价格。
The person who calls the shots is in a position to tell others what to do.
The directors call the shots and nothing happens without their say-so.
董事们掌握大权,没有他们的允许什么都不能做。
If you do something like a shot, you do it without any delay or hesitation.
I heard the key turn in the front door and I was out of bed like a shot...
听到钥匙在开前门的声音,我立即从床上起来了。
If he thought it his duty to arrest me, he'd do it like a shot.
如果他认为逮捕我是他的职责,他会毫不迟疑地去做。
If you describe something as a long shot, you mean that it is unlikely to succeed, but is worth trying.
The deal was a long shot, but Bagley had little to lose...
这桩交易有些冒险,不过巴格利也没什么可损失的。
I thought about meeting a handsome stranger but it seemed a bit of a long shot.
我想象着能遇到一个英俊的陌生人,不过这似乎希望不大。
People sometimes use the expression by a long shot to emphasize the opinion they are giving.
The missile-reduction treaty makes sweeping cuts, but the arms race isn't over by a long shot.
导弹削减条约大幅度减少了导弹数量,然而军备竞赛还远没有停止。
If something is shot through with an element or feature, it contains a lot of that element or feature.
His work was deeply refreshing, and all of it shot through with humour...
他的作品令人耳目一新,充满幽默元素。
This is an argument shot through with inconsistency.
这个论点前后矛盾,漏洞百出。
1. an attempt to score in a game
2. (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand;
3. the act of firing a projectile;
4. a chance to do something;
5. the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe;
6. a solid missile discharged from a firearm;
7. an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera;
8. a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film
9. informal words for any attempt or effort;
10. an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect;
11. a blow hard enough to cause injury;
12. a small drink of liquor;
13. sports equipment consisting of a heavy metal ball used in the shot put;
14. a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot);
15. the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination
16. an explosive charge used in blasting
17. an estimate based on little or no information
1. varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles;
give it one's best shot
(非正式)尽力做好
not a shot in one's locker
(英)身无分文;毫无办法
a shot across the bows
a shot in the arm
(非正式)刺激;鼓舞
a shot in the dark
get (或 be)shot of
(英,非正式)除去
充满
shot to pieces (或 to hell)
(非正式)毁坏的
like a shot
非常快地
shot in the arm【非正式用语】
兴奋剂:让人精神振奋的东西
shot in the dark【非正式用语】
瞎猜:胡乱的、没有根据的猜测
成功可能性很小的尝试
This old machine is shot.
这台机器已旧了.
The elevator shot upward.
电梯飞快地上升.
He bought a shot silk.
他买了一匹闪光的丝绸.
All the children shot out their hands for the money.
所有的孩子突然伸出手来要钱.
The applause acted on her like a shot of adrenaline.
掌声犹如给她注射了一支强心剂.