stop a bullet

短语

词形变化

stops a bullet 三单 stopping a bullet 现在分词 stopped a bullet 过去式 stopped a bullet 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To be shot; to receive a bullet in one's body.

    习语

    2015, Annie Burrows, A Mistress For Major Bartlett 'Stopped a bullet, but Miss Mary, she reckons as how she knows someone what can patch him up.'

    2024, Lane Metcalf, To Set a Prisoner Free He stopped a bullet with the back of his head after it had gone through a stop sign. You could say he's lucky to be alive — the bullet expended most of its energy before it hit him.

    Frank G. Slaughter, In a Dark Garden I regret to add that he was but ill repaid for his loyalty — for he stopped a bullet when they fired the house and we were forced to run for our lives.