hotshot

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Someone with exceptional skills in a certain field. informal
    — She sure was a hotshot on the keyboard, 93 words per minute!
  2. A type of firefighter highly skilled in wildfire firefighting without external support, using basic tools that are backpacked in and manhandled about.
  3. A portable device that is used to jump-start an automobile battery, or the electrical output of such a device. US
  4. A fast freight train. US
    — Indeed, development proceeded so rapidly thereafter that Mopac, for instance, was rebuilding a series of 10-year-old Woodard 2-8-4's into 4-8-4's by 1940 - not because they couldn't steam but because their 63-inch drivers couldn't roll the hotshots fast enough.
  5. A dose of recreational drugs deliberately laced with poison. slang
    — I sniffed glue, transmission fluid, gasoline, whatever drug anybody gave me, I took. […] [Y]ears ago, I was in a drug rehabilitation program and found out that my brother was killed after somebody gave him a hotshot, drugs laced with poison.
  6. A lethal injection of heroin or another opiate.
    — “You guys are being babies.” “Babies.” “Oh, we're being babies, Mac? Why don't you go work for your dad all day?” “My dad's a meth dealer.” “[Mock Crying] Oh, oh, no! My daddy's in prison!” “My daddy used to give hot shots to prostitutes. Feel sorry for me!”
动词 v.
  1. To give (somebody) a dose of recreational drugs deliberately laced with poison. slang,transitive
形容词 adj.
  1. Highly skilled. informal
    — He was a hotshot lawyer, with an astounding win-loss record.
  2. Displaying talent. informal
    — Keep up those hotshot baskets, and the scouts are sure to take notice.

词形变化

more hotshot comparative most hotshot superlative hot shot alternative hot-shot alternative hotshots plural hot shot alternative hot-shot alternative hotshots present,singular,third-person hotshotting participle,present hotshotted participle,past hotshotted past hot shot alternative hot-shot alternative

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From hot + shot.
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