| 词组 | shoot down |
| 释义 | 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. |
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