long shot / ˈlɔŋ ˌʃɒt, ˈlɒŋ /

长镜头长枪短炮远射长枪大炮

long shot 的定义

n. 名词 noun
  1. a horse, team, etc., that has little chance of winning and carries long odds.
  2. an attempt or undertaking that offers much but in which there is little chance for success: Getting tickets at this late date is a long shot, but I'll give it a whirl.
  3. Movies, Television. a camera shot taken at a relatively great distance from the subject and permitting a broad view of a scene.Compare close-up, medium shot.

long shot 近义词

n. 名词 noun

unlikely winner

更多long shot例句

  1. She was initially described in the local media as a long shot and was widely written off.
  2. This is called ballooning and it’s bad for hitting long shots.
  3. As the graph above shows, areas of LA county with the highest poverty rates also have the highest mortality rates—and by a long shot.
  4. On the world’s betting sites, that outcome was a long shot offering two-to-one odds a big payout as recently as two days after Christmas.
  5. In five of the past six seasons, Westbrook scored on less than 30 percent of his long shots.
  6. In other words, fluoride is a broad-spectrum, bipartisan, long-lasting magnet for dissent.
  7. The al Qaeda-linked gunmen shot back, but only managed to injure one officer before they were taken out.
  8. The cartoonist, better known as Charb, was shot dead Wednesday.
  9. The gunman hardly broke stride as he nonetheless shot Merabet in the head, killing him.
  10. And they might not have to wait that long to show their political heft.
  11. It was a decayed house of superb proportions, but of a fashion long passed away.
  12. As long as may be necessary, Sam,” replied Mr. Pickwick, “you have my full permission to remain.
  13. Ages back—let musty geologists tell us how long ago—'twas a lake, larger than the Lake of Geneva.
  14. I hate to be long at my toilette at any time; but to delay much in such a matter while travelling is folly.
  15. She sat straight up in bed, and jerked her hands to her head, and screamed long and terribly.