shoot
英 [?u?t]
美[?ut]
- vt. 射擊，射中；拍攝；發(fā)芽；使爆炸；給…注射
- vi. 射擊；發(fā)芽；拍電影
- n. 射擊；攝影；狩獵；急流
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詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?shoots;第三人稱(chēng)單數(shù):?shoots;過(guò)去式:?shot;過(guò)去分詞:?shot;現(xiàn)在分詞:?shooting;
助記提示
1、from PIE root *skeud- "to shoot, to chase, to throw, to project".
2、具有同源性的單詞：scoot, scud, shoot.
2、具有同源性的單詞：scoot, scud, shoot.
中文詞源
shoot 射擊，發(fā)射，拍攝，投籃，幼苗，嫩枝
來(lái)自古英語(yǔ) sceotan,投，射，來(lái)自 Proto-Germanic*skeutanan,投，射，來(lái)自 PIE*skeud,投，射， 詞源同 sheet,shot,shut.引申諸相關(guān)詞義。
英文詞源
- shoot
- shoot: [OE] Like sheet, shout, shut, and perhaps skit [15], shoot goes back ultimately to the prehistoric Germanic base *skeut-, *skaut-, *skut- ‘project’. This formed the basis of a verb *skeutan, which evolved into German schiessen, Dutch schieten, Swedish skjuta, and Danish skyde as well as English shoot. The noun shot comes from the same source.
=> sheet, shot, shout, shut - shoot (n.2)
- 1530s, "an act of shooting;" 1852 as "a shooting match or party," from shoot (v.).
- shoot (v.)
- Old English sceotan "to hurl missiles, cast; strike, hit, push; run, rush; send forth swiftly; wound with missiles" (class II strong verb; past tense sceat, past participle scoten), from Proto-Germanic *skeutanan (cognates: Old Saxon skiotan, Old Norse skjota "to shoot with (a weapon); shoot, launch, push, shove quickly," Old Frisian skiata, Middle Dutch skieten, Dutch schieten, Old High German skiozan, German schie?en), from PIE root *skeud- "to shoot, to chase, to throw, to project" (cognates: Sanskrit skundate "hastens, makes haste," Old Church Slavonic iskydati "to throw out," Lithuanian skudrus "quick, nimble").
In reference to pool playing, from 1926. Meaning "to strive (for)" is from 1967, American English. Sense of "descend (a river) quickly" is from 1610s. Meaning "to inject by means of a hypodermic needle" is attested from 1914. Meaning "photograph" (especially a movie) is from 1890. As an interjection, an arbitrary euphemistic alteration of shit, it is recorded from 1934. Shoot the breeze "chat" first recorded 1941. Shoot-'em-up (adj.) in reference to violent entertainment (Western movies, etc.) is from 1942. Shoot to kill first attested 1867. Shoot the cat "to vomit" is from 1785. To shoot the moon originally meant "depart by night with ones goods to escape back rent" (1829).O, 'tis cash makes such crowds to the gin shops roam,
And 'tis cash often causes a rumpus at home ;
'Tis when short of cash people oft shoot the moon ;
And 'tis cash always keeps our pipes in tune.
Cash! cash! &c.
["The Melodist and Mirthful Olio, An Elegant Collection of the Most Popular Songs," vol. IV, London, 1829] - shoot (n.1)
- "young branch of a tree or plant," mid-15c., from shoot (v.). Also "heavy, sudden rush of water" (1610s); "artificial channel for water running down" (1707); "conduit for coal, etc." (1844).
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. Namibian law permits ranchers to shoot cheetahs to protect their livestock.
- 納米比亞法律允許農(nóng)場(chǎng)主射殺獵豹以保護(hù)家畜。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. I also met with Pollack again to kind of shoot the bull.
- 我也再次和波拉克會(huì)面，兩人閑聊了會(huì)兒。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. If raging inflation returns, then interest rates will shoot up.
- 如果再發(fā)生嚴(yán)重的通貨膨脹，那么利率就會(huì)迅速上調(diào)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. A tripod also lets you shoot long exposures at night.
- 三腳架也可以讓你在晚上長(zhǎng)時(shí)間曝光。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. He would rather shoot himself than compromise his principles.
- 他寧愿一槍打死自己也不愿違背自己的原則。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句