parting shot

短语

n. 临告别时的最后一句话、特别表情或行为

发音

AU

词形变化

parting shots 复数 parting shots

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An insult or barbed comment issued as the speaker departs or the conversation comes to an end.

    习语

    When news arrives that the school must graduate Nathanial to official “Fancy Lad” status early and put him on the Queen Catherine first class to run the Mayweather in Hawaii, the headmaster dutifully complies, but Nathanial gets in a few parting shots on his way out the door.

词源

Believed to be a variation of Parthian shot, referring to a military maneuver in which Parthian troops retreating on horseback turned back to face the enemy and shot while retreating.

来源：wiktionary