词组 | shoot up |
释义 | 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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