| 词组 | shoot |
| 释义 | shoot [shot, shot, shooting] shoot down 1. shoot sb/sth down • shoot down sb/sth to make an enemy plane and the people in it crash to the ground, by firing bullets or weapons at it: ▪ American war planes shot down an Iraqi jet inside the no-fly zone. ▪ In 1983 a Korean airliner was shot down over the Soviet Union after straying near a top secret submarine base. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑bring down shootdown n C usually singular especially AmE when an enemy plane is made to crash to the ground, by firing bullets or weapons at it: ▪ There will be an international investigation into last weekend's shootdown of the two planes. 2. shoot down sb • shoot sb down to kill or seriously injure someone by shooting them, especially people who cannot defend themselves: ▪ The army were accused of shooting down unarmed demonstrators. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑gun down, ↑shoot 3. shoot sth/sb down • shoot down sth/sb informal to say or show that someone's ideas or opinions are wrong or stupid: ▪ America Online shot down rumours of a merger between the two companies. shoot sth/sb down in flames (=completely destroy someone's ideas by showing that they are wrong or stupid) ▪ The article was shot down in flames by government scientists. shoot for shoot for sth AmE to try to achieve a particular aim or goal: ▪ Coach Bruce Corbett said he is shooting for a winning record this season. ■ SIMILAR TO: aim (for), ↑try for shoot off 1. shoot off informal, especially BrE to leave somewhere very quickly or suddenly: ▪ Every time I see him, he looks at his watch and shoots off to a meeting. ▪ Jane got on the horse, which immediately shot off at great speed across the field. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑speed off, ↑dash off informal, ↑rush off 2. be shot off if a part of someone's body is shot off, it is completely destroyed or very badly damaged by a bullet: ▪ One woman had survived the massacre, although her arm had been shot off. shoot out shoot it out informal to fight against someone with guns, especially until one person or group is killed or defeated by the other + with ▪ The terrorists were trapped in the house, and were forced to shoot it out with the police before being overpowered. shoot-out n C a fight between two people or groups who shoot at each other with guns until of them wins: ▪ At least two people at the prison were killed in a shoot-out with security forces. be shot through with be shot through with sth if a piece of writing or music is shot through with a particular feeling or quality, it contains a lot of it: ▪ The stories are short, and shot through with Hurley's dry gentle humour. ■ SIMILAR TO: be filled with shoot up 1. shoot up to increase very quickly and suddenly: ▪ Some experts think that house prices will shoot up again this year. + to ▪ Odette's weight shot up to fourteen stone after her children were born. ■ SIMILAR TO: rocket up 2. shoot up if a child shoots up, he or she grows taller very quickly and suddenly: ▪ I can't believe this is Christopher - he's shot up since I last saw him! 3. shoot sth up • shoot up sth to damage a building or injure a person, by shooting them with bullets: ▪ There's nothing for the refugees to return to; their homes have gone, shot up and blown apart. ▪ On June 17th Chapman was badly shot up, wounded in the head. 4. shoot up • shoot up sth informal to put harmful illegal drugs into your blood, using a special needle: ▪ Kids as young as ten are shooting up heroin. ▪ Junkies used the restroom downstairs for shooting up. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑jack up BrE informal |
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