shoot1 /ʃuːt/ ●●● S2 W2 verb (past tensepst and past participlepp shot /ʃɒt $ ʃɑːt/) → chute1 kill/injure 杀死/伤害 [transitiveT]SHOOT to deliberately kill or injure someone using a gun 〔开枪〕射死,射伤 Police shot one suspect when he pulled a gun on them. 警方在一名嫌疑人拔枪指着他们时击毙了他。
Smith killed his wife, and then shot himself. 史密斯杀死妻子,然后开枪自杀。
A woman was shot dead in an attempted robbery. 一名女子在一桩未遂抢劫案中中枪身亡。
shoot somebody in the leg/head etc He had been shot in the back while trying to escape. 他试图逃跑时背部中枪。
The guards have orders to shoot intruders on sight (=shoot them as soon as they see them). 卫兵们奉命一见到有人闯入就开枪。
2 fire a gun etc 开枪等 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]SHOOT to make a bullet or arrow come from a weapon 开(枪);射(箭);射击 Don’t shoot! I’m coming out with my hands up. 别开枪! 我现在举起双手出来。
shoot at Two guys walked in and started shooting at people. 两个家伙走进来,然后开始向人们开枪。
The soldiers had orders to shoot to kill (=shoot at someone with the intention of killing them). 士兵奉命开枪射杀。
shoot bullets/arrows They shot arrows from behind the thick bushes. 他们躲在茂密的灌木丛后面射箭。
shoot a gun/rifle etc Tod’s grandfather taught him to shoot a rifle. 托德的祖父教他步枪射击。
3 birds/animals 鸟/兽类 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]DSO to shoot and kill animals or birds as a sport 打猎,猎杀〔动物或鸟〕 They spent the weekend in Scotland shooting grouse. 他们周末在苏格兰打松鸡。
4 move quickly 迅速移动 [intransitiveI, transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]FAST/QUICK to move quickly in a particular direction, or to make something move in this way (使)〔朝某方向〕飞快地移动 She shot past me into the house. 她从我身边飞奔过去,跑进屋里。
The cat shot across the garden. 这只猫飞快地蹿过花园。
‘Where does cotton come from?’ Ron’s hand shot up. ‘America, Miss!’ “棉花来自哪里?”罗恩的手猛地举起。 “美国,老师!”
The fountain shoots water 20 feet into the air. 喷泉把水喷射到 20 英尺高的空中。
5 try to score 试图得分 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]DS to kick or throw a ball in a sport such as football or basketball towards the place where you can get a point 射门;投篮;射,投〔球〕 Giggs shot from the halfway line. 吉格斯在中线上射门。
→5 see picture at 见图 football 6 LOOK AT SB 看某人shoot somebody a look/glance (also shoot a glance at somebody)LOOK FOR to look at someone quickly, especially so that other people do not see, to show them how you feel 迅速地看某人一眼shoot somebody a quick/sharp/warning etc look/glance ‘You’re welcome to stay as long as you like.’ Michelle shot him a furious glance. “随你爱待多久都行。”米歇尔愤怒地瞪了他一眼。
Jack shot an anxious look at his mother. 杰克焦虑地看了母亲一眼。
shoot somebody a look/glance• Nick and I shot a conspiratorial look at each other: this time we would refuse to fight.• The team shot quizzical glances at their new addition but made no move to get rid of him.• He shot me a look brimful of amusement, then drained his cup and sat back in the chair.• She shot a worried glance down to the bottom of the yard.• Joyce shot her a look in which surprise and indignation were nicely fused.• Mandy shot her a look of pure astonishment. 7 photograph/film 照片/电影 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]TCN to take photographs or make a film of something 拍摄 SYN film The movie was shot in New Zealand. 这部影片是在新西兰拍摄的。
8 pain 疼痛 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]HURT/CAUSE PAIN if pain shoots through your body, you feel it going quickly through it 迅速通过〔身体〕shoot through/along A sharp pain suddenly shot along his arm. 他的手臂上突然传过一阵剧痛。
shooting pains (=continuous short pains passing through your body) 一阵阵的剧痛
9 shoot it out (with somebody) if people shoot it out, they fight using guns, especially until one person or group is killed or defeated by the other 用枪(与某人)决出胜负;开枪(与某人)决一死战 a scene in which the cops shoot it out with the drug dealers 警察和毒贩拼死枪战的场面
10 shoot yourself in the foot STUPID/NOT SENSIBLEto say or do something stupid that will cause you a lot of trouble 〔因说蠢话或做蠢事〕搬起石头砸自己的脚,自找麻烦 If he keeps talking, pretty soon he’ll shoot himself in the foot. 如果他再讲下去,很快就会自取其咎。
shoot yourself in the foot• If we just let him keep talking, pretty soon he's going to shoot himself in the foot.• Yet when Labour's prospects are rosiest, it always seems to shoot itself in the foot.• But at the end of the day, they could end up shooting themselves in the foot.• So they shot themselves in the foot.• This is another classic example of our ability to shoot ourselves in the feet.• Conceptually, the worst crime committed here is that the story shoots itself in the foot by making the political too personal.• Men shot themselves in the foot, like in wartime.• He certainly shot himself in the foot, pulling out of Glastonbury and playing Finsbury Park.• A classic case of shooting ourselves in the foot, the chairman, Sir Alan Cockshaw, admitted ruefully yesterday.• Once again, the government has shot itself in the foot -- this time by reducing widows' pensions. 11 shoot questions at somebody ASK A QUESTIONto ask someone a lot of questions very quickly 对某人提出一连串的问题 The prosecutor shot a series of rapid questions at Hendrickson. 原告律师连珠炮般向亨德里克森发问。
shoot questions at somebody• The prosecutor shot a series of rapid questions at Hendrickson. 12 shoot your mouth off informalUNTRUE to talk about something that you should not talk about or that you know nothing about 信口开河,大肆吹嘘 Don’t go shooting your mouth off. 别乱吹嘘了。
shoot your mouth off• So you can't shoot your mouth off.• All he did was shoot his mouth off a little.
13 shoot the bull/breeze American EnglishAmE informalTALK TO somebody to have an informal conversation about unimportant things 谈天,闲聊,闲扯 Cal and I were sitting on the porch, shooting the breeze. 卡尔和我坐在门廊里闲聊。
shoot the bull/breeze• Cal and I were sitting on the porch, shooting the breeze.• Here I found four or five members slouched around a deal table shooting the breeze.• Invited into a back room, I shot the breeze with a married couple who said they ran the place.• Unlike the other candidates, he is always ready to sit in the back of his bus shooting the breeze with reporters. 15. shoot from the hip to say what you think in a direct way, or make a decision very quickly, without thinking about it first 直言不讳;鲁莽行事shoot from the hip• Bolinger, a Harvard Professor shoots from the hip.• He saw himself shooting from the hip.• Still rolling, Forster shot from the hip.• They walk into rooms and shoot from the hip.• Students were content to shoot from the hip, as Ronen Wilk had put it. 16 shoot to fame/stardom/prominence SUCCESSFULto suddenly become very famous 一举成名/跃为明星/迅速成名 Brian, an air steward, shot to fame on the television show ‘Big Brother’. 布赖恩,一名飞机乘务员,在电视节目《老大哥》中一举成名。
shoot to fame/stardom/prominence• In 1929 she shot to stardom on Broadway in a Noel Coward play. 17 shoot to number one/to the top of the charts etc to suddenly become very successful in the popular music charts (=the list of records that have sold the most copies that week) 蹿升到排行榜首位等 Westlife’s new album shot straight to the top of the charts. “西城男孩”的新专辑一跃升至排行榜榜首。
18. shoot hoops/baskets informal to practise throwing basketballs into the basket 练习投篮shoot hoops/baskets• Let's go out and shoot a few hoops.• I shoot baskets and I see a car coming down.• She learned to shoot baskets from her much older brothers in the driveway of their Vancouver, Washington, home.• I could not even ride a bicycle, much less shoot baskets or play tennis.• She had been shooting baskets since she was old enough to hold a ball.• I was shooting baskets with a fourth-grade boy. 19 shoot the rapids to sail a small boat along a river that is moving very fast over rocks, as a sport 激流划艇 He was shooting the rapids when his canoe capsized. 在玩激流划艇时他的独木舟翻了。
20. shoot pool informal to play the game of pool 打撞球shoot pool• They went out, he in a white suit, and he told her they were going to shoot pool.• The place is empty but for the bar and three or four slightly-built lads shooting pool without words. 21. shoot craps American EnglishAmE informal to play the game of craps 玩双骰子游戏 22. plants 植物 [intransitiveI]HBPGROW/GET BIGGER if a plant shoots, a new part of it starts to grow, especially a new stem and leaves 抽芽,长出新枝 [新叶] 23. lock on a door 门闩OPEN [transitiveT] to move the bolt on a door so that it is in the locked or unlocked position 闩上,拔出 〔门闩〕 24. have shot your bolt British EnglishBrE, have shot your wad American EnglishAmE informalSPEND MONEY to have used all of your money, power, energy etc 竭尽全力,倾其所有 → blame/shoot the messenger at messenger1(2) THESAURUSshoot verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT] to use a gun to fire bullets, or to kill or injure someone using a gun 射击;射死,射伤He ordered his men to stop shooting. 他命令部下停止射击。
The guards shot the man as he was trying to escape. 警卫在那人企图逃跑的时候开枪打死了他。
President Kennedy was shot by a lone gunman. 肯尼迪总统被一名独自行动的歹徒开枪射死。
fire verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT] to shoot bullets from a gun, or send an explosive object towards someone or something (开枪);发射Soldiers fired into the crowd. 士兵向人群开枪。
Helicopters fired rockets at several buildings. 直升机朝数幢建筑物发射火箭弹。
nHe regained his balance, took aim, and fired.
nThe police fired into the air to make the crowd break up.
nAs soon as we crossed the border, enemy troops started firing at us.
nKendrick fired three shots at the president’s car.
nSuddenly the car stopped, and the passenger got out and fired a Kalashnikov rifle at the police car.
launch verb [transitiveT] to send a large rocket or missile into the air 发射〔火箭或导弹〕American warships launched cruise missiles. 美国战舰发射了巡航导弹。
nThe guerrillas launched their rockets from densely populated towns.
open fire to start shooting 开火,开枪Nineteen students were injured after a gunman opened fire. 一名歹徒开枪射击,造成19 名学生受伤。
Troops opened fire on a group of unarmed demonstrators. 军队向一群手无寸铁的示威者开火。
nThe colonel gave the order for the soldiers to open fire.
shell verb [transitiveT] to fire shells (=metal containers filled with an explosive substance) at enemy soldiers, cities etc in a war, using large guns 炮轰Border towns have been shelled by enemy aircraft for the past two months. 边境城镇在过去两个月里遭到了敌机的炮轰。
nBritish warships began shelling German positions along the coast.
bombard verb [transitiveT] to attack a place for a long time with shells or bombs 〔用炮弹或炸弹〕连续轰炸,连续攻击Allied forces bombarded the coast prior to the invasion. 盟军在入侵之前连续轰炸海岸。
Troops bombarded the area with shells. 军队用炮弹轰击那个地区。
nThe allied forces bombarded the enemy trenches for weeks.
nCromwell’s men had been bombarding the fort with their artillery for several days.
take a potshot at somebody/something to shoot at someone or something without aiming very carefully 向某人/某物盲目射击Someone tried to take a potshot at him, but hit the man behind instead. 有人胡乱向他开了一枪,却击中了他身后的那名男子。
26 shoot somebody/something ↔ down phrasal verbphr v a) SHOOTto make an enemy plane crash to the ground, by firing weapons at it 击落,击毁〔敌机〕 His plane was shot down over France in 1944. 1944 年他的飞机在法国上空被击落。
b) SHOOTto kill or seriously injure someone by shooting them, especially someone who cannot defend themselves 开枪击伤,击毙〔尤指无自卫能力者〕 The army were accused of shooting down unarmed demonstrators. 军队被指控射杀手无寸铁的示威者。
c) informalWRONG/INCORRECT to say or show that someone’s ideas or opinions are wrong or stupid 否决,驳倒 I tried to help, but all my suggestions were shot down in flames, as usual. 我想帮忙,但我所有的提议照例都被完全否定了。
27 shoot for/at something phrasal verbphr v especially American EnglishAmE informal TRY TO DO OR GET somethingto try to achieve a particular aim, especially one that is very difficult 试图达到,争取实现〔尤指困难的目标〕 SYN aim for We are shooting for a 50% increase in sales in the next financial year. 我们力争在下一个财政年度销售额增长 50% 。
shoot for/at • Border Patrol agents in Nogales say they have been shot at 21 times in the past 15 months.• He was a man with 40 years service and many honors, but he had never been shot at.• Perhaps because I said that even if I returned I should now be shot for desertion.• Some have been shot for desertion.• If he couldn't see the guy shooting at him, he didn't have a chance.• Kitchen said the suspects had started out shooting at smaller, stationary objects with a sawed-off. 22-caliber rifle.• The video version was shot at Stonehenge.• Suddenly shots rang out and I realized with fright that Janotte was shooting at us. 28 shoot off phrasal verbphr v British EnglishBrE informal LEAVE A PLACEto leave somewhere quickly or suddenly 迅速走开;突然离开 Sorry, but I’ll have to shoot off before the end of the meeting. 对不起,我得在会议结束前先走。
shoot off• Arthur shot off before anyone could say anything.• I've really got to shoot off - I said I'd be home ten minutes ago. 29.shoot through phrasal verbphr v LEAVE A PLACE AusE informal to leave a place quickly, especially in order to avoid someone or something 飞快地离开〔尤为避开某人或某事〕 → be shot through with something at shot2(3) 30 shoot up phrasal verbphr v a) UPto increase very quickly and suddenly 猛增 SYN rocket Demand for water has shot up by 70% over the last 30 years. 过去30年来,水的需求量猛增了70%。
b) GROW/GET BIGGERif a child shoots up, he or she grows taller very quickly and suddenly 〔儿童〕迅速长高,蹿个儿 I can’t believe this is Joshua – he’s shot up since we last saw him! 想不到这就是乔舒亚,我们上次见到他之后,他长这么高了!
c) shoot somebody/something ↔ upSHOOT to cause serious injury or damage to someone or something by shooting them with bullets 开枪击伤〔某人〕,开枪击毁〔某物〕 Then two men came in and shot up the entire lobby. 然后两名男子进来,开枪把整个大厅打了个稀烂。
d) shoot up (something) informalMDD to put illegal drugs into your blood, using a needle 注射〔毒品〕 SYN inject Kids as young as ten are shooting up heroin. 只有十岁的小孩都在注射海洛因。
shoot up (something)• But it was his elf face which shot up.• The father nodded, his eyebrows shot up.• Thus subscription prices were shooting up and cutting off thousands of readers who could no longer afford them.• However, as soon as he struck off one of its heads another two shot up in its place.• I righted myself and pain shot up my right leg as I put weight on it.• Fists shot up, some holding dinner pails in the air like flags.• If interest rates shoot up, stocks and bonds usually fall in price.