shot
n. 射擊; 優秀射手; 彈丸; 一席話; 投籃; 鉛球; 照片; 鏡頭; 注射; 少量飲料;
adj. 雜色的; 破爛不堪
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...
他在近距離一槍射殺了珀西瓦爾。
A man fired a volley of shots at them.
一名男子向他們射出了一排子彈。
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.
他視力不好,算不上是一個出色的射手。
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.
他只有一次射門得分。
A shot is a photograph or a particular sequence of pictures in a film.
...a shot of a fox peering from the bushes...
一隻狐狸從灌木叢中窺視的照片
He received praise for the atmospheric monochrome shots in David Lynch's The Elephant Man.
他在大衛·林奇的電影《象人》中所拍攝的那些渲染氣氛的黑白鏡頭受到了好評。
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.
這名重量級拳擊冠軍將嘗試挑戰霍利菲爾德的世界冠軍頭銜。
A shot of a drug is an injection of it.
He administered a shot of Nembutal.
他注射了一針寧比泰。
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.
我沒指望贏。但我會盡全力的。
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.
作為對競爭對手的一個警告,其已報出了很有殺傷力的價格。
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.
董事們掌握大權,沒有他們的允許什麼都不能做。
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...
聽到鑰匙在開前門的聲音,我立即從床上起來了。
If he thought it his duty to arrest me, he'd do it like a shot.
如果他認為逮捕我是他的職責,他會毫不遲疑地去做。
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...
這樁交易有些冒險,不過巴格利也沒什麼可損失的。
I thought about meeting a handsome stranger but it seemed a bit of a long shot.
我想象著能遇到一個英俊的陌生人,不過這似乎希望不大。
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.
導彈削減條約大幅度減少了導彈數量,然而軍備競賽還遠沒有停止。
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,充滿幽默元素。
This is an argument shot through with inconsistency.
這個論點前後矛盾,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)盡力做好
not a shot in one's locker
(英)身無分文;毫無辦法
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
充滿
shot to pieces (或 to hell)
(非正式)毀壞的
like a shot
非常快地
shot in the arm【非正式用語】
興奮劑:讓人精神振奮的東西
shot in the dark【非正式用語】
瞎猜:胡亂的、沒有根據的猜測
成功可能性很小的嘗試
This old machine is shot.
這臺機器已舊了.
The elevator shot upward.
電梯飛快地上升.
He bought a shot silk.
他買了一匹閃光的絲綢.
All the children shot out their hands for the money.
所有的孩子突然伸出手來要錢.
The applause acted on her like a shot of adrenaline.
掌聲猶如給她注射了一支強心劑.