shot
镜头,摄,炮击,镜头下的
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Definitions
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plural shots or, for 6, 8, shot.
- : a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
- : the range of or the distance traveled by a missile in its flight.
- : an aimed discharge of a missile.
- : an attempt to hit a target with a missile.
- : an act or instance of shooting a firearm, bow, etc.
- : a small ball or pellet of lead, a number of which are loaded in a cartridge and used for one charge of a shotgun.
- : such pellets collectively: a charge of shot.
- : a projectile for discharge from a firearm or cannon.
- : such projectiles collectively: shot and shell.
- : a person who shoots; marksman: He was a good shot.
- : Slang. a blow; punch: The prizefighter was knocked out by a shot in the chin.
- : anything like a shot, especially in being sudden and forceful.
- : a heavy metal ball that competitors cast as far as possible in shot-putting contests.
- : an aimed stroke, throw, or the like, as in certain games, especially in an attempt to score.
- : an attempt or try: He's entitled to a shot at the championship.
- : a remark aimed at some person or thing.
- : a guess at something.
- : a hypodermic injection, as of a serum, vaccine, narcotic, or anaesthetic: He took a series of immunizing shots for hay fever.
- : a small quantity, especially an ounce, of undiluted liquor.
- : an amount due, especially at a tavern.
- : Photography. a photograph, especially a snapshot: Here's a nice shot of my kids.the act of making a photograph, especially a snapshot.
- : Movies, Television. a unit of action photographed without interruption and constituting a single camera view.
- : an explosive charge in place for detonation, as in mining or quarrying.
- : Metallurgy. comparatively hard globules of metal in the body of a casting.
- : Nautical. a 90-foot length of anchor cable or chain.
- : Checkers. a compulsory series of exchanges, especially when it proves favorable to the aggressor.
- : Textiles. a pick sent through the shed in a single throw of the shuttle. filling yarn used to bind the pile to the fabric, usually expressed with a preceding number representing the quantity of picks used: three-shot carpet.a defect in a fabric caused by an unusual color or size in the yarn.
- : a chance with odds for and against; a bet: a 20 to 1 shot that his horse will come in first.
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shot·ted, shot·ting.
- : to load or supply with shot.
- : to weight with shot.
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shot·ted, shot·ting.
- : to manufacture shot, as in a shot tower.
Phrases
- shot in the arm, a
- shot in the dark
- shot to hell
- shot up
- big cheese (shot)
- call the shots
- cheap shot
- give it one's best shot
- have a crack (shot) at
- like a shot
- long shot
- parting shot
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Combine that with scarcity, and you get everyone scrambling to get a shot.
They are also on the ice for the highest expected goals against per 60 minutes, meaning they allow a very high quality of shot.
Nate Schmidt and Tyler Myers allow the third-highest rate of shots against after adjusting for shot quality and Edmonton’s Darnell Nurse and Ethan Bear rank as the fifth-worst.
She was preparing to brave the weather—and drive for the first time since the start of the pandemic—because she was concerned that this would be her only chance to get a shot.
He noted that although just 24 health departments and 80 hospitals initially were authorized to administer shots, there now are 2,300 “points of access” to get vaccinated across the state.
The al Qaeda-linked gunmen shot back, but only managed to injure one officer before they were taken out.
The cartoonist, better known as Charb, was shot dead Wednesday.
The gunman hardly broke stride as he nonetheless shot Merabet in the head, killing him.
A policewoman was shot dead this morning while law enforcement searched for the Charlie Lebdo killers.
“I heard them say, ‘He was shot twice,’” the father, Joseph Dossi, remembers.
There was no fighting; a rifle shot now and then from the crests where we saw our fellows clearly.
A was an Archer, who shot at a frog; B was a Butcher, and had a great dog.
Dockier, a prominent leader of the Levelers, in the times of the English commonwealth, was shot by order of the government.
There was not a moment to lose, for one well-directed shot might exterminate half of us.
Then, having shot nothing that day, he turned towards the Pole with a feeling of disappointment.