Shoot - Meaning, pronunciation, collocation and usage 英漢雙解 | Mr. Ng 線上詞典

B1 [ I or T ] to fire a bullet or an arrow, or to hit, injure, or kill a person or animal by firing a bullet or arrow at him, her, or it開（槍），射（箭）；發射；射中，射傷，射殺

If he's not armed, don't shoot.如果他沒帶武器，就不要開槍。

The kids were shooting arrows at a target.孩子們正對着靶子射箭。

She was shot three times in the head.她頭部中了3槍。

He has a licence to shoot pheasants on the farmer's land.他有許可證，可以在農地裏打野雞。

[ + obj + adj ] A policeman was shot deadin the city centre last night.昨晚，一名警察在市中心被人開槍打死了。

The troops were told to shoot to kill.軍隊接到命令開槍射擊。

More examples

The prisoners were put up against a wall and shot.

He was shot at close range.

Inner-city riots erupted when a local man was shot by police.

Three youths have been shot and killed in separate incidents this month.

He was shot down in enemy territory.

shoot verb SPORT

B1 [ I ] to try to score points for yourself or your team, in sports involving a ball, by kicking, hitting, or throwing the ball towards the goal（球類比賽中）射門；投球

He shot from the middle of the field and still managed to score.他在中場投籃，仍成功命中。

shoot baskets/hoops US informal

to play basketball打籃球

More examples

Callas feinted to pass the ball and then shot it into the net.

Come on, shoot!

The players seem afraid to shoot when they get near the goal.

Again, he shoots wide of the net.

You just have to seize the opportunity and shoot.

shoot verb MOVE QUICKLY

C2 [ I usually + adv/prep ] to move in a particular direction very quickly and directly直線沖刺

She shot past me several metres before the finishing line.她在離終點線幾米時沖刺超過了我。

He shot out of the office a minute ago - I think he was late for a meeting.他一分鐘前沖出了辦公室——我想他是開會遲到了。

They were just shooting off to work so we didn't stop to talk.他們要趕去開會，所以我們沒有停下來說話。

Sylvester Stallone shot to fame (= became famous suddenly) with the movie "Rocky".西爾維斯特‧史泰龍憑借電影《洛奇》一炮走紅。

[ T ] to move through or past something quickly迅速沖過；飛速通過

informal He shot three sets of traffic lights (= went past them when they gave the signal to stop) before the police caught him.他被警察逮住前已連闖了3個紅燈。

It was so exhilarating shooting the rapids (= travelling through the part of a river where the water flows dangerously fast).激流沖浪真是太刺激了。

More examples

He suddenly got up and shot out of the room.

She shot passed me just now.

I'm just going to shoot off to the shops.

Anyway, I'd better shoot - bye!

Several runners had already shot past me.

shoot verb FILM

C1 [ I or T ] to use a camera to record a video or take a photograph拍攝；拍照

We shot four reels of film in Egypt.我們在埃及拍了4卷膠卷。

The movie was shot on location in Southern India.這部電影是在印度南部實地拍攝的。

More examples

Her last movie was shot on location in South America.

Most of the scenes were shot in a studio.

The urban scenes were shot in Manchester.

He's just starting shooting his new movie.

I shot a whole reel of film in the park.

shoot verb PLAY

[ T ] mainly US informal to play a game of pool or craps打（台球）；玩（雙骰子、賭博遊戲）

shoot verb DRUG

[ T ] slang to take an illegal drug by injecting yourself with it注射（毒品）

By the time he was 16, he was shooting heroin twice a day.他16歲的時候，就每天注射兩次海洛因了。

Idiom(s)

have shot your bolt

shoot sth/sb down (in flames)

shoot yourself in the foot

shoot your mouth off

shoot a glance at sb

shoot for the moon

shoot questions at sb

shoot the breeze

shoot the works

sb should be shot

Phrasal verb(s)

shoot noun uk/ʃuːt/ us/ʃuːt/

shoot noun PLANT

[ C ] the first part of a plant to appear above the ground as it develops from a seed, or any new growth on an already existing plant芽；苗；新枝

Two weeks after we'd planted the seeds, little green shoots started to appear.我們撒下種子兩周後，綠色的小苗開始鑽出來。

figurative The first green shoots (= hopeful signs) of economic recovery have started to appear.經濟複蘇的迹象已開始顯現。

shoot noun PHOTOGRAPHS

[ C usually singular ] an occasion when photographers take a series of photographs, usually of the same person or people in the same place（通常指同一人在同一地點的）系列拍攝，組照

We did a fashion shoot on the beach, with the girls modelling swimwear.我們在海灘上拍了一組展示泳裝的女模特的時裝照。

Synonym

photoshoot

shoot noun WEAPON

[ C ] an occasion on which a group of people go to an area of the countryside to shoot animals狩獵，打獵

shoot exclamation uk/ʃuːt/ us/ʃuːt/ informal

used to tell someone that they should speak（交談時指示對方開始說話）說吧

"Dad, I need to talk to you." "Shoot."“爸，我得和你談一談。”“說吧。”

BNC: 1257 COCA: 732

shoot

noun¹

new part of a plant嫩芽

ADJECTIVE | VERB + SHOOT | SHOOT + VERB

ADJECTIVE

➤fresh, green, new, tender, young新芽；綠芽；嫩枝；幼苗

➤growing發芽的嫩枝

▸➤flowering, leafy開花的／多葉的嫩枝

▸➤lateral, side側枝

▸➤bamboo竹筍

VERB + SHOOT

➤have有芽

◇This plant has no shoots yet.這株植物還沒發芽。

➤develop, produce, put out, put up, send out, send up (especially NAmE) 發出新芽；冒出新枝；抽出嫩枝

◇These shrubs will need more light to produce flowering shoots.這些灌木需要更多的光照才能抽出開花的新枝。

SHOOT + VERB

➤appear, come up, develop, emerge, grow嫩芽發出；新枝冒出

◇Keep the bulbs in a cool dark place until shoots appear.把球莖置於陰涼處直至冒出新芽。

shoot

noun²

occasion when you photograph sb/sth拍攝

ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITION

ADJECTIVE

➤commercial, cover, fashion, film, magazine, movie, photo, photographic, video廣告攝影；封面攝影；時裝攝影；電影拍攝；雜誌攝影；攝影；攝像

◇a cover shoot for the September issue of Cosmopolitan9 月號《大都會》的封面照

◇a five-day photo shoot in Cyprus在塞浦路斯的 5 天拍照

➤location外景拍攝

➤night夜間攝影

◇an outdoor night shoot on a balcony in Prague在布拉格一處陽台上夜間拍攝的室外照

➤one-day, two-day, etc.一天、兩天等的拍攝

PREPOSITION

➤on a/the shoot去攝影

◇He goes out on photo shoots with very little equipment.他幾乎沒帶什麼設備就外出拍照去了。

shoot

verb

ADVERB | VERB + SHOOT | PREPOSITION | PHRASES

ADVERB

➤accurately, straight準確／逕直命中

◇She trained for days until she could shoot straight.她練習了多日，直到能夠準確命中。

➤accidentally走火

◇He accidentally shot himself in the foot.他意外打中了自己的腳。

➤fatally擊中要害

◇Four policemen were fatally shot in the incident.這次事件中 4 名警察受了致命槍傷。

➤summarily即刻擊斃

◇If caught, the men could be summarily shot as spies.這些人一旦被抓就可能被當作間諜立即處決。

➤back開槍還擊

◇The soldiers shot back at invading planes with rifles.士兵們用步槍向入侵的飛機還擊。

➤down擊落

◇The airliner was shot down near Korea.該航班在朝鮮附近被擊落。

VERB + SHOOT

➤want to想要開槍

▸➤threaten to威脅要開槍

▸➤be about to, be going to正打算／將要開槍

◇I thought for a moment that he was going to shoot.一時間我以為他要開槍。

➤try to試圖開槍

PREPOSITION

➤at向⋯射擊

◇The soldiers were shooting at a target.士兵正向目標射擊。

➤in射在⋯

◇He was shot in the back.他後背捱了一槍。

➤into射進⋯

◇Troops shot into the air to stop the rioting.部隊向空中鳴槍以平息騷亂。

➤with用⋯射擊

◇She was shot with a small automatic pistol.她被人用一把小型自動手槍擊中。

PHRASES

➤shoot (sb) on sight當場擊斃（某人）

◇Any intruders will be shot on sight.闖入者將一律當場擊斃。

➤shoot sb dead開槍打死某人

◇The police shot him dead.警察擊斃了他。

◇Twenty wolves have been shot dead in Alaska.在阿拉斯加已經有 20 隻狼被槍殺。

➤shoot to kill開槍射殺

◇The soldiers were told to shoot to kill.士兵得到命令要開槍射殺。

◇a shoot-to-kill policy槍槍致命的政策

➤shot and killed被槍殺

◇Four protestors were shot and killed by police.4 名抗議者被警察槍殺。

➤shot to death被擊斃

◇She was shot to death for a crime she did not commit.她因不實罪名而被槍斃。

BNC: 1257 COCA: 732

shoot verb
⇨ shoot (shoot sb dead) ⇨ fly 2 (a cat shoots out into the road) ⇨ record 2 (shoot a movie) shoot

verb

➡ See also the entry for

kill

另見kill條

shoot

♦︎

fire

♦︎

open fire

♦︎

launchThese words all mean to use a gun or to send a weapon from somewhere, for example a ship. 這些詞均表示開槍或發射武器。

PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配

◆to shoot / fire at sb / sth

◆to fire / open fire on sb / sth

◆to shoot / fire wide / back

◆to shoot / fire blanks / bullets / arrows

◆to fire / launch a missile / torpedo

◆a gun shoots / fires

■ shoot

(

shot

, shot

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[intransitive

, transitive]

to use a gun or bow and arrow; (of a gun, etc.) to shoot bullets or arrows; to kill or wound a person or animal by shooting at them 開槍；射擊；（槍等）發射（子彈或箭）；射殺；射傷

◆Don't shoot－ I surrender.别開槍－我投降。

◆The police rarely shoot to kill (= try to kill the people they shoot at).警察開槍很少是要把人打死。

◆Does this gun actually shoot?這支槍真能發射子彈嗎？

◆This is just a toy gun－it doesn't shoot real bullets.這只是支玩具槍，不能發射真子彈。

◆A man was shot in the leg.一名男子腿部中彈。

◆He shot himself during a fit of depression.他一時心灰意冷，開槍自殺了。

◆Three people were shot dead during the robbery.搶劫過程中有三人被開槍打死。

ⓘ In British English you can shoot bullets/arrows but you cannot 'shoot a gun' or larger weapons such as missiles. 在英式英語中，可以說shoot bullets/arrows，但不說shoot a gun，發射導彈等更大的武器也不能用shoot

◆He shot his gun into the air.

◆Missiles were shot at the enemy.

It is possible to use shoot in this way in American English. 但在美式英語中可以這樣用

◆

(NAmE)

Have you ever shot a gun before?你以前開過槍嗎？

■ fire

[intransitive

, transitive]

to shoot bullets from a gun; to shoot an arrow or missile into the sky or through water; (of a gun) to shoot bullets 開槍；射（箭）；發射（導彈）；（槍）射出（子彈）

◆The officer ordered his men to fire.那軍官下令士兵射擊。

◆Soldiers fired on the crowd, killing several people.士兵們向人群開槍，打死了幾個人。