ride shotgun

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˌɹaɪd ˈʃɒtɡʌn/    美 /ˌɹaɪd ˈʃɑtɡʌn/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To accompany the driver of a vehicle on a journey as an armed escort (originally with a shotgun); (by extension) to accompany someone in order to assist and protect. US,idiomatic
    — He attended the meeting to ride shotgun for the sales team, in case anyone had a technical question.
  2. To ride in the front passenger seat of a vehicle, next to the driver. US,broadly,idiomatic,slang
    — When both kids want to ride shotgun with Mom, they’ll just have to take turns.
  3. To supervise a process and watch for any risks. US,broadly,idiomatic,slang
    — He has ridden shotgun over Hunt's financial affairs since Hunt was a baby in business, ascending to the head chair on the board that governs the Chiefs and the Hunt Midwest Enterprises empire of mining and real estate development.

词形变化

rides shotgun present,singular,third-person riding shotgun participle,present rode shotgun past ridden shotgun participle,past

词汇关系

相关词
shotgun
并列词
ride bitch ride pillion

词源

Possibly from early-20th-century depictions in books and films of the 19th-century practice of a person armed with a rifle or shotgun riding next to a stagecoach driver to provide protection from bandits, etc.
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