potshot

n. 乱射, 射击, 肆意抨击 v. 乱射, 射击, 肆意抨击

词形变化

potshots 复数 potshots potshots 三单 potshotted potshotting potshotting 现在分词 potshotted 过去式 potshotted 过去分词 more potshot 比较级 most potshot 最高级

别名

pot-shot pot pot shot

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A shot taken at an easy or random target.

    to take a potshot at

  2. 2.

    Criticism of an easy target; a cheap shot.

    比喻
v.
  1. 1.

    To fire potshots.

  2. 2.

    simple past and past participle of potshoot

adj.
  1. 1.

    Drunk.

    废旧 俚语

词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

shot shooting criticism

词源

From pot + shot. 1858, shot taken for the (cooking) pot, namely for food; see pothunter. Sense “opportunistic criticism” from 1926. Sense “drunk” from obsolete pot (“cup used for drinking liquor”).

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