shoot the bull / bʊl /

开炮开枪射击开枪打人开枪射杀

shoot the bull3 个定义

n. 名词 noun
  1. the male of a bovine animal, especially of the genus Bos, with sexual organs intact and capable of reproduction.
  2. the male of certain other mammals, as elephants and moose.
  3. a large, solidly built person.
adj. 形容词 adjective
  1. male.
  2. of, relating to, or resembling a bull, as in strength.
  3. having to do with or marked by a continuous trend of rising prices, as of stocks: a bull market.
v. 有主动词 verb
  1. Stock Exchange. to attempt to raise the price of.
  2. to speculate in, in expectation of a rise in price.
  3. to force; shove: to bull one's way through a crowd.
  4. Nautical. to ram.

shoot the bull 近义词

shoot the bull

等同于 shoot the breeze

shoot the bull构成的短语

  • bull in a china shop
  • bull session
  • cock and bull story
  • hit the bull's-eye
  • shoot the breeze (bull)
  • take the bull by the horns

更多shoot the bull例句

  1. We’ve known for some time that Big Tech is carrying the water in this bull run.
  2. Despite their complexity, amateur investors have been quick to glom onto options during bull markets, viewing them as a way to bet that a given stock will go higher.
  3. While classics like Bloody Marys, micheladas, and bull shots may be the first that come to mind, these days they aren’t the only cocktails to include a touch of saline.
  4. “We don’t believe the bull market is going to end any time soon, but a healthy pullback or even a correction is part of all bull markets,” Chris Zaccarelli, chief investment officer at Independent Advisor Alliance, wrote in a note Thursday.
  5. In short, August’s un-August-like performance is adding uncertainty to the tech bull rally.
  6. Yes, the minor-league baseball player memorably portrayed by Kevin Costner in Bull Durham.
  7. He also said police intend to put their beloved family pet, a Staffordshire bull terrier named Excalibur, to sleep.
  8. Biden made many visits to Baghdad and no doubt get fed a load of bull about inclusion on each one.
  9. Like at Bull Run, when I am in the presence of those old family letters, I am transported.
  10. A stoic figure in a white floor length dress and razor-tailored bodice was accessorized with a giant bull skull as a mask.
  11. The well-known "cock and bull" stories of small children are inspired by this love of strong effect.
  12. I thought this young man was going to read us some of his poetry; it's too tiresome of him to stop to tell us about his bull-dog.
  13. And I, for one, absolutely decline to believe in this preposterous story of his about a bull-dog.
  14. Tom leaped on one side; the buffalo-bull turned short round and made another dash at him.
  15. Some who would face a mad bull coolly enough spring with disgust from a cockroach or a centipede.