big shot• He will be a big shot one day, she thinks.• I gave my opinion but, of course, it was a big shot so early in the game.• You see, all the artists wanted to be big shots.• Among WesternConferencebig shots, only San Antonio seems trouble-free right now.• a meeting of insurance-industry big shots• This is a matter between the big shots.• And they used to race some of the big shots in New Bedford.• Malone, however, choked when it came to making his two biggest shots of the game.
IMPORTANTan important or powerful person, especially in business 〔尤指商界的〕要人,权势人物
a big shot in the record business
唱片业的大腕
Examples from the Corpus
big shot• He will be a big shot one day, she thinks.• I gave my opinion but, of course, it was a big shot so early in the game.• You see, all the artists wanted to be big shots.• Among WesternConferencebig shots, only San Antonio seems trouble-free right now.• a meeting of insurance-industry big shots• This is a matter between the big shots.• And they used to race some of the big shots in New Bedford.• Malone, however, choked when it came to making his two biggest shots of the game.