long shot

短语

n. 远景镜头

发音

AU

词形变化

long shots 复数 long shots

别名

longshot

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A shot fired at a distant target.

  2. 2.

    Something unlikely; something that has little chance of happening or working; long odds.

    习语

    1927, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados Mysteries A long shot, it may be, at immortality, but longer ones have hit; or Guido Fawkes, William Tell, and Samuel Pepys were forgotten now.

    We can try your plan, but it's a long shot and it probably won't work.

  3. 3.

    A master shot, the primary wide shot of a scene into which the closeups will be edited later.

    媒体
  4. 4.

    Synonym of long take; a single, continuous shot that lasts for an unusually long duration without any cuts.

    媒体

词汇关系

名词

上位词 7

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词源

From long + shot. The term arose from the accuracy of early naval guns, which were effective only at close range and unlikely to hit the mark at any great distance.

来源：wiktionary