shotgun

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n. 散弹猎枪, 媒人 v. 用猎枪射击

发音

UK /ˈʃɒtɡʌn/
UK /ˈʃʰɒtɡʌn/
US /ˈʃɑtɡʌn/
US /ˈʃʰɑtɡʌn/
AU /ˈʃɔtɡɐ̞n/
AU /ˈʃʰɔtɡɐ̞n/

词形变化

shotguns 复数 shotguns shotgunned shotgunning shotguns 三单 shotgunning 现在分词 shotgunned 过去式 shotgunned 过去分词

别名

shot-gun

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A gun which fires loads typically consisting of small metal balls, called shot, from a cartridge.

    霰弹枪

    散弹枪

    猎枪

    可数 不可数 工程 政治 军事

    The farmer's son brought home a Thanksgiving turkey from the wild that he killed with his shotgun.

  2. 2.

    The front passenger seat in a vehicle, next to the driver; so called because the position of the shotgun-armed guard on a horse-drawn stage-coach, wagon train, or gold transport was next to the driver on a forward-mounted bench seat. Can also be used in situations of claiming other resources such as bedrooms.

    可数 俚语 不可数

    I call shotgun!

    I call shotgun!

  3. 3.

    A one-story dwelling with no hallways or corridors, with the rooms arranged in a straight line.

    美国 可数 不可数

    Elvis Presley was born in a two-bedroom shotgun in Tupelo, Mississippi.

  4. 4.

    An offensive formation in which the quarterback receives the snap at a distance behind the center, often with a running back set to one or both sides of him.

    可数 不可数 体育 游戏
  5. 5.

    Relating to shotguns, either in a present or past sense.

    定语 可数 不可数

    shotgun cartridges

    shotgun seat

  6. 6.

    Relating to the threat of force or dubious means.

    定语 可数 不可数

    shotgun wedding

    shotgun diplomacy

  7. 7.

    Relating to the use of numerous, diverse or indiscriminate means to achieve a particular result.

    定语 可数 不可数

    shotgun marketing

    shotgun approach

v.
  1. 1.

    To inhale from a pipe or other smoking device, followed shortly by an exhalation into someone else’s mouth.

    俚语
  2. 2.

    To verbally lay claim to (something)

    非正式 及物

    I got a day off because I shotgunned it.

  3. 3.

    To hit the ball directly back at the pitcher.

    及物 体育 游戏
  4. 4.

    To rapidly drink a beverage from a can by making a hole in the bottom of the can, placing the hole above one's mouth, and opening the top.

    美国 俚语
  5. 5.

    To send out many (requests, answers to a question, etc), especially in the hope that one obtains a positive result (i.e. reveals useful information, is correct, etc), in the manner of a shotgun firing many balls of shot such that one may hit a target.

    美国 俚语
  6. 6.

    To employ the technique of shotgun debugging.

    俚语 计算机 工程 数学

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词源

From shot + gun. Front passenger seat sense comes from ride shotgun.

来源:wiktionary