ride shotgun

短语

押车：在运送过程中看守某人或某物; [俚语] 坐前排：坐在卡车或小汽车前排的乘客座位

发音

UK /ˌɹaɪd ˈʃɒtɡʌn/
AU
US /ˌɹaɪd ˈʃɑtɡʌn/

词形变化

ridden shotgun rides shotgun 三单 rides shotgun riding shotgun rode shotgun riding shotgun 现在分词 rode shotgun 过去式 ridden shotgun 过去式 ridden shotgun 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To accompany the driver of a vehicle on a journey as an armed escort (originally with a shotgun); (by extension) to accompany someone in order to assist and protect.

    美国 习语

    He attended the meeting to ride shotgun for the sales team, in case anyone had a technical question.

  2. 2.

    To ride in the front passenger seat of a vehicle, next to the driver.

    美国 习语 俚语 引申义

    When both kids want to ride shotgun with Mom, they’ll just have to take turns.

  3. 3.

    To supervise a process and watch for any risks.

    美国 习语 俚语 引申义

词源

Possibly from early-20th-century depictions in books and films of the 19th-century practice of a person armed with a rifle or shotgun riding next to a stagecoach driver to provide protection from bandits, etc.

来源：wiktionary