shotgun

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈʃɒtɡʌn/|[ˈʃʰɒtɡʌn]    美 /ˈʃɑtɡʌn/|[ˈʃʰɑtɡʌn]|/ˈʃɔtɡɐ̞n/|[ˈʃʰɔtɡɐ̞n]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A gun which fires loads typically consisting of small metal balls, called shot, from a cartridge. countable,uncountable
    — The farmer's son brought home a Thanksgiving turkey from the wild that he killed with his shotgun.
  2. The front passenger seat in a vehicle, next to the driver; so called because the position of the shotgun-armed guard on a horse-drawn stage-coach, wagon train, or gold transport was next to the driver on a forward-mounted bench seat. Can also be used in situations of claiming other resources such as bedrooms. countable,slang,uncountable
    — I call shotgun!
    I claim the right to sit in the passenger seat.
  3. A one-story dwelling with no hallways or corridors, with the rooms arranged in a straight line. Southern-US,US,countable,especially,uncountable
    — Elvis Presley was born in a two-bedroom shotgun in Tupelo, Mississippi.
  4. An offensive formation in which the quarterback receives the snap at a distance behind the center, often with a running back set to one or both sides of him. countable,uncountable
  5. Relating to shotguns, either in a present or past sense. attributive,countable,uncountable
    — shotgun cartridges
  6. Relating to the threat of force or dubious means. attributive,countable,uncountable
    — shotgun wedding
  7. Relating to the use of numerous, diverse or indiscriminate means to achieve a particular result. attributive,countable,uncountable
    — shotgun marketing
动词 v.
  1. To inhale from a pipe or other smoking device, followed shortly by an exhalation into someone else’s mouth. slang
    — High as fuck, I light it up / Got pre-rolls for the whole month / She don't smoke but when I roll one / We shotgun the whole blunt
  2. To verbally lay claim to (something) informal,transitive
    — I got a day off because I shotgunned it.
  3. To hit the ball directly back at the pitcher. transitive
  4. To rapidly drink a beverage from a can by making a hole in the bottom of the can, placing the hole above one's mouth, and opening the top. US,slang
  5. To send out many (requests, answers to a question, etc), especially in the hope that one obtains a positive result (i.e. reveals useful information, is correct, etc), in the manner of a shotgun firing many balls of shot such that one may hit a target. US,slang
    — An actual physical piece of paper shows that you're not just shotgunning out queries to every agent on the planet.
  6. To employ the technique of shotgun debugging. slang
    — Understand the problem before fixing it. About the only scenario where shotgunning is useful is if there is a shorted IC and you cannot tell which one it is.

词形变化

shotguns plural shot-gun alternative shotguns present,singular,third-person shotgunning participle,present shotgunned participle,past shotgunned past shot-gun alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
double-barrelled shotgun pump-action shotgun ride shotgun sawn-off shotgun sawed-off shotgun shotgun approach shotgun cloning shotgun debugging shotgun double shotgun fungus shotgunlike shotgun marriage shotgun mic shotgun microphone shotgunner shotgun offense shotgun pleading shotgun proteomics shotgun sequencing shotgun shack shotgun start shotgun surgery shotgun wedding shotty

词源

词源 1
From shot + gun. Front passenger seat sense comes from ride shotgun.
词源 2
From shot + gun. Front passenger seat sense comes from ride shotgun.
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