shoot1 /ʃuːt/ ●●● S2 W2 verb (past tensepst and past participlepp shot /ʃɒt $ ʃɑːt/) → chute1 kill/injure 殺死/傷害 [transitiveT]SHOOT to deliberately kill or injure someone using a gun 〔開槍〕射死,射傷Police shot one suspect when he pulled a gun on them. 警方在一名嫌疑人拔槍指着他們時擊斃了他。
Smith killed his wife, and then shot himself. 史密斯殺死妻子,然後開槍自殺。
A woman was shot dead in an attempted robbery. 一名女子在一樁未遂搶劫案中中槍身亡。
shoot somebody in the leg/head etcHe had been shot in the back while trying to escape. 他試圖逃跑時背部中槍。
The guards have orders to shoot intruders on sight (=shoot them as soon as they see them). 衛兵們奉命一見到有人闖入就開槍。
2 fire a gun etc 開槍等 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]SHOOT to make a bullet or arrow come from a weapon 開(槍);射(箭);射擊Don’t shoot! I’m coming out with my hands up. 别開槍! 我現在舉起雙手出來。
shoot atTwo guys walked in and started shooting at people. 兩個家夥走進來,然後開始向人們開槍。
The soldiers had orders to shoot to kill (=shoot at someone with the intention of killing them). 士兵奉命開槍射殺。
shoot bullets/arrowsThey shot arrows from behind the thick bushes. 他們躲在茂密的灌木叢後面射箭。
shoot a gun/rifle etcTod’s grandfather taught him to shoot a rifle. 托德的祖父教他步槍射擊。
3 birds/animals 鳥/獸類 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]DSO to shoot and kill animals or birds as a sport 打獵,獵殺〔動物或鳥〕They spent the weekend in Scotland shooting grouse. 他們周末在蘇格蘭打鬆雞。
4 move quickly 迅速移動 [intransitiveI, transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]FAST/QUICK to move quickly in a particular direction, or to make something move in this way (使)〔朝某方向〕飛快地移動She shot past me into the house. 她從我身邊飛奔過去,跑進屋裏。
The cat shot across the garden. 這只貓飛快地蹿過花園。
‘Where does cotton come from?’ Ron’s hand shot up. ‘America, Miss!’ “棉花來自哪裏?”羅恩的手猛地舉起。 “美國,老師!”
The fountain shoots water 20 feet into the air. 噴泉把水噴射到 20 英尺高的空中。
5 try to score 試圖得分 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]DS to kick or throw a ball in a sport such as football or basketball towards the place where you can get a point 射門;投籃;射,投〔球〕Giggs shot from the halfway line. 吉格斯在中線上射門。
→5 see picture at 見圖 football 6 LOOK AT SB 看某人shoot somebody a look/glance (also shoot a glance at somebody)LOOK FOR to look at someone quickly, especially so that other people do not see, to show them how you feel 迅速地看某人一眼shoot somebody a quick/sharp/warning etc look/glance‘You’re welcome to stay as long as you like.’ Michelle shot him a furious glance. “随你愛待多久都行。”米歇爾憤怒地瞪了他一眼。
Jack shot an anxious look at his mother. 傑克焦慮地看了母親一眼。
shoot somebody a look/glance• Nick and I shot a conspiratorial look at each other: this time we would refuse to fight.• The team shot quizzical glances at their new addition but made no move to get rid of him.• He shot me a look brimful of amusement, then drained his cup and sat back in the chair.• She shot a worried glance down to the bottom of the yard.• Joyce shot her a look in which surprise and indignation were nicely fused.• Mandy shot her a look of pure astonishment. 7 photograph/film 照片/電影 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]TCN to take photographs or make a film of something 拍攝 SYN filmThe movie was shot in New Zealand. 這部影片是在新西蘭拍攝的。
8 pain 疼痛 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]HURT/CAUSE PAIN if pain shoots through your body, you feel it going quickly through it 迅速通過〔身體〕shoot through/alongA sharp pain suddenly shot along his arm. 他的手臂上突然傳過一陣劇痛。
shooting pains (=continuous short pains passing through your body) 一陣陣的劇痛
9 shoot it out (with somebody) if people shoot it out, they fight using guns, especially until one person or group is killed or defeated by the other 用槍(與某人)決出勝負;開槍(與某人)決一死戰a scene in which the cops shoot it out with the drug dealers 警察和毒販拼死槍戰的場面
10 shoot yourself in the foot STUPID/NOT SENSIBLEto say or do something stupid that will cause you a lot of trouble 〔因說蠢話或做蠢事〕搬起石頭砸自己的腳,自找麻煩If he keeps talking, pretty soon he’ll shoot himself in the foot. 如果他再講下去,很快就會自取其咎。
shoot yourself in the foot• If we just let him keep talking, pretty soon he's going to shoot himself in the foot.• Yet when Labour's prospects are rosiest, it always seems to shoot itself in the foot.• But at the end of the day, they could end up shooting themselves in the foot.• So they shot themselves in the foot.• This is another classic example of our ability to shoot ourselves in the feet.• Conceptually, the worst crime committed here is that the story shoots itself in the foot by making the political too personal.• Men shot themselves in the foot, like in wartime.• He certainly shot himself in the foot, pulling out of Glastonbury and playing Finsbury Park.• A classic case of shooting ourselves in the foot, the chairman, Sir Alan Cockshaw, admitted ruefully yesterday.• Once again, the government has shot itself in the foot -- this time by reducing widows' pensions. 11 shoot questions at somebody ASK A QUESTIONto ask someone a lot of questions very quickly 對某人提出一連串的問題The prosecutor shot a series of rapid questions at Hendrickson. 原告律師連珠炮般向亨德裏克森發問。
shoot questions at somebody• The prosecutor shot a series of rapid questions at Hendrickson. 12 shoot your mouth off informalUNTRUE to talk about something that you should not talk about or that you know nothing about 信口開河,大肆吹噓Don’t go shooting your mouth off. 别亂吹噓了。
shoot your mouth off• So you can't shoot your mouth off.• All he did was shoot his mouth off a little.
13 shoot the bull/breeze American EnglishAmE informalTALK TO somebody to have an informal conversation about unimportant things 談天,閒聊,閒扯Cal and I were sitting on the porch, shooting the breeze. 卡爾和我坐在門廊裏閒聊。
shoot the bull/breeze• Cal and I were sitting on the porch, shooting the breeze.• Here I found four or five members slouched around a deal table shooting the breeze.• Invited into a back room, I shot the breeze with a married couple who said they ran the place.• Unlike the other candidates, he is always ready to sit in the back of his bus shooting the breeze with reporters. 15. shoot from the hip to say what you think in a direct way, or make a decision very quickly, without thinking about it first 直言不諱;魯莽行事shoot from the hip• Bolinger, a Harvard Professor shoots from the hip.• He saw himself shooting from the hip.• Still rolling, Forster shot from the hip.• They walk into rooms and shoot from the hip.• Students were content to shoot from the hip, as Ronen Wilk had put it. 16 shoot to fame/stardom/prominence SUCCESSFULto suddenly become very famous 一舉成名/躍爲明星/迅速成名Brian, an air steward, shot to fame on the television show ‘Big Brother’. 布賴恩,一名飛機乘務員,在電視節目《老大哥》中一舉成名。
shoot to fame/stardom/prominence• In 1929 she shot to stardom on Broadway in a Noel Coward play. 17 shoot to number one/to the top of the charts etc to suddenly become very successful in the popular music charts (=the list of records that have sold the most copies that week) 蹿升到排行榜首位等Westlife’s new album shot straight to the top of the charts. “西城男孩”的新專輯一躍升至排行榜榜首。
18. shoot hoops/baskets informal to practise throwing basketballs into the basket 練習投籃shoot hoops/baskets• Let's go out and shoot a few hoops.• I shoot baskets and I see a car coming down.• She learned to shoot baskets from her much older brothers in the driveway of their Vancouver, Washington, home.• I could not even ride a bicycle, much less shoot baskets or play tennis.• She had been shooting baskets since she was old enough to hold a ball.• I was shooting baskets with a fourth-grade boy. 19 shoot the rapids to sail a small boat along a river that is moving very fast over rocks, as a sport 激流劃艇He was shooting the rapids when his canoe capsized. 在玩激流劃艇時他的獨木舟翻了。
20. shoot pool informal to play the game of pool 打撞球shoot pool• They went out, he in a white suit, and he told her they were going to shoot pool.• The place is empty but for the bar and three or four slightly-built lads shooting pool without words. 21. shoot craps American EnglishAmE informal to play the game of craps 玩雙骰子遊戲 22. plants 植物 [intransitiveI]HBPGROW/GET BIGGER if a plant shoots, a new part of it starts to grow, especially a new stem and leaves 抽芽,長出新枝 [新葉] 23. lock on a door 門闩OPEN [transitiveT] to move the bolt on a door so that it is in the locked or unlocked position 闩上,拔出 〔門闩〕 24. have shot your bolt British EnglishBrE, have shot your wad American EnglishAmE informalSPEND MONEY to have used all of your money, power, energy etc 竭盡全力,傾其所有 → blame/shoot the messenger at messenger1(2) THESAURUSshoot verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT] to use a gun to fire bullets, or to kill or injure someone using a gun 射擊;射死,射傷He ordered his men to stop shooting. 他命令部下停止射擊。
The guards shot the man as he was trying to escape. 警衛在那人企圖逃跑的時候開槍打死了他。
President Kennedy was shot by a lone gunman. 肯尼迪總統被一名獨自行動的歹徒開槍射死。
fire verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT] to shoot bullets from a gun, or send an explosive object towards someone or something (開槍);發射Soldiers fired into the crowd. 士兵向人群開槍。
Helicopters fired rockets at several buildings. 直升機朝數幢建築物發射火箭彈。
nHe regained his balance, took aim, and fired.
nThe police fired into the air to make the crowd break up.
nAs soon as we crossed the border, enemy troops started firing at us.
nKendrick fired three shots at the president’s car.
nSuddenly the car stopped, and the passenger got out and fired a Kalashnikov rifle at the police car.
launch verb [transitiveT] to send a large rocket or missile into the air 發射〔火箭或導彈〕American warships launched cruise missiles. 美國戰艦發射了巡航導彈。
nThe guerrillas launched their rockets from densely populated towns.
open fire to start shooting 開火,開槍Nineteen students were injured after a gunman opened fire. 一名歹徒開槍射擊,造成19 名學生受傷。
Troops opened fire on a group of unarmed demonstrators. 軍隊向一群手無寸鐵的示威者開火。
nThe colonel gave the order for the soldiers to open fire.
shell verb [transitiveT] to fire shells (=metal containers filled with an explosive substance) at enemy soldiers, cities etc in a war, using large guns 炮轟Border towns have been shelled by enemy aircraft for the past two months. 邊境城鎮在過去兩個月裏遭到了敵機的炮轟。
nBritish warships began shelling German positions along the coast.
bombard verb [transitiveT] to attack a place for a long time with shells or bombs 〔用炮彈或炸彈〕連續轟炸,連續攻擊Allied forces bombarded the coast prior to the invasion. 盟軍在入侵之前連續轟炸海岸。
Troops bombarded the area with shells. 軍隊用炮彈轟擊那個地區。
nThe allied forces bombarded the enemy trenches for weeks.
nCromwell’s men had been bombarding the fort with their artillery for several days.
take a potshot at somebody/something to shoot at someone or something without aiming very carefully 向某人/某物盲目射擊Someone tried to take a potshot at him, but hit the man behind instead. 有人胡亂向他開了一槍,卻擊中了他身後的那名男子。
26 shoot somebody/something ↔ down phrasal verbphr v a) SHOOTto make an enemy plane crash to the ground, by firing weapons at it 擊落,擊毀〔敵機〕His plane was shot down over France in 1944. 1944 年他的飛機在法國上空被擊落。
b) SHOOTto kill or seriously injure someone by shooting them, especially someone who cannot defend themselves 開槍擊傷,擊斃〔尤指無自衛能力者〕The army were accused of shooting down unarmed demonstrators. 軍隊被指控射殺手無寸鐵的示威者。
c) informalWRONG/INCORRECT to say or show that someone’s ideas or opinions are wrong or stupid 否決,駁倒I tried to help, but all my suggestions were shot down in flames, as usual. 我想幫忙,但我所有的提議照例都被完全否定了。
27 shoot for/at something phrasal verbphr v especially American EnglishAmE informal TRY TO DO OR GET somethingto try to achieve a particular aim, especially one that is very difficult 試圖達到,爭取實現〔尤指困難的目標〕 SYN aim forWe are shooting for a 50% increase in sales in the next financial year. 我們力爭在下一個財政年度銷售額增長 50% 。
shoot for/at • Border Patrol agents in Nogales say they have been shot at 21 times in the past 15 months.• He was a man with 40 years service and many honors, but he had never been shot at.• Perhaps because I said that even if I returned I should now be shot for desertion.• Some have been shot for desertion.• If he couldn't see the guy shooting at him, he didn't have a chance.• Kitchen said the suspects had started out shooting at smaller, stationary objects with a sawed-off. 22-caliber rifle.• The video version was shot at Stonehenge.• Suddenly shots rang out and I realized with fright that Janotte was shooting at us. 28 shoot off phrasal verbphr v British EnglishBrE informal LEAVE A PLACEto leave somewhere quickly or suddenly 迅速走開;突然離開Sorry, but I’ll have to shoot off before the end of the meeting. 對不起,我得在會議結束前先走。
shoot off• Arthur shot off before anyone could say anything.• I've really got to shoot off - I said I'd be home ten minutes ago. 29.shoot through phrasal verbphr v LEAVE A PLACE AusE informal to leave a place quickly, especially in order to avoid someone or something 飛快地離開〔尤爲避開某人或某事〕 → be shot through with something at shot2(3) 30 shoot up phrasal verbphr v a) UPto increase very quickly and suddenly 猛增 SYN rocketDemand for water has shot up by 70% over the last 30 years. 過去30年來,水的需求量猛增了70%。
b) GROW/GET BIGGERif a child shoots up, he or she grows taller very quickly and suddenly 〔兒童〕迅速長高,蹿個兒I can’t believe this is Joshua – he’s shot up since we last saw him! 想不到這就是喬舒亞,我們上次見到他之後,他長這麽高了!
c) shoot somebody/something ↔ upSHOOT to cause serious injury or damage to someone or something by shooting them with bullets 開槍擊傷〔某人〕,開槍擊毀〔某物〕Then two men came in and shot up the entire lobby. 然後兩名男子進來,開槍把整個大廳打了個稀爛。
d) shoot up (something) informalMDD to put illegal drugs into your blood, using a needle 注射〔毒品〕 SYN injectKids as young as ten are shooting up heroin. 只有十歲的小孩都在注射海洛因。
shoot up (something)• But it was his elf face which shot up.• The father nodded, his eyebrows shot up.• Thus subscription prices were shooting up and cutting off thousands of readers who could no longer afford them.• However, as soon as he struck off one of its heads another two shot up in its place.• I righted myself and pain shot up my right leg as I put weight on it.• Fists shot up, some holding dinner pails in the air like flags.• If interest rates shoot up, stocks and bonds usually fall in price.