| 词汇 | shotgun |
| 释义 | shotgun Theme: GENERALITY mod. broad; general.It was a shotgun attempt to include everyone.A shotgun approach to a problem like this is useless. You must get specific. Theme: TRAVEL exclam. a phrase called out by someone who claims the privilege of riding in a car's passenger seat. (Usually Shotgun!)“Shotgun!” cried Jimmy, heading for the car.Whoever yelled “shotgun” has to sit holding the cake all the way. shotgun 1. adjective 1 used of a house or apartment, having rooms set on both sides of a central hall US, 1903. 2 wide-ranging US, 1994 2. noun 1 a pipe with air-holes used for smoking marijuana. The shotgun gives a BLAST US, 1977. 2 a ritual of drinking beer, forcing the beer out of the can into the drinker's mouth by opening the down-facing top after puncturing the up-facing bottom US, 1988. 3 a potent mix of heroin, cocaine, nitroglycerine, phenol and kola nut administered to racehorses as a stimulant US, 1961. 4 the front passenger seat in a car. Also called the 'shotgun seat'. The earliest use of the term, not yet applied to a car, seems to be in the 1939 film Stagecoach. To date, the earliest discovered use in the sense of a car is in 1963 US, 1963. 5 a male passenger in a vehicle equipped with citizens' band radio UK, 1981. 6 a police radar unit US, 1976. 7 in blackjack, the player to the immediate left of the dealer US, 1979. 8 in electric line work, an insulated line tool formally known as a grip-all stick US, 1980. 9 an unannounced test US, 1968 3. verb 1 to share marijuana smoke with someone else in the following manner: you blow through a lighted joint or blunt which is held with the burning end in your mouth, while your fellow-smoker inhales the stream of smoke that is produced US, 1974. 2 to smoke an entire marijuana cigarette in one go AUSTRALIA, 1995. 3 while treating a hospital patient, to order every possible treatment to avoid being wrong US, 1994 shotgun approachIn business, a marketing strategy in which a wide and nonselective population or demographic is reached or advertised to. We don't yet have much brand recognition in the market, so we're going with a shotgun approach to reach as many potential customers as we can. shotgun cottage(chiefly Southern United States slang) A one-story house in which each room is in a straight alignment with the others, connected by a continuous hallway running from the front to the back of the residence. When our whole family goes to stay in my grandmother's shotgun cottage in New Orleans, it always feels like we're all right on top of one another. shotgun house(chiefly Southern United States slang) A one-story house in which each room is in a straight alignment with the others, connected by a continuous hallway running from the front to the back of the residence. When our whole family goes to stay in my grandmother's shotgun house in New Orleans, it always feels like we're all right on top of one another. shotgun hut(chiefly Southern United States slang) A one-story house in which each room is in a straight alignment with the others, connected by a continuous hallway running from the front to the back of the residence. When our whole family goes to stay in my grandmother's shotgun hut in New Orleans, it always feels like we're all right on top of one another. shotgun shack(chiefly Southern United States slang) A one-story house in which each room is in a straight alignment with the others, connected by a continuous hallway running from the front to the back of the residence. When our whole family goes to stay in my grandmother's shotgun shack in New Orleans, it always feels like we're all right on top of one another. shotgun marriageA marriage that happens quickly due to an unplanned pregnancy. We knew it was a shotgun marriage when Frank's new wife had a baby five months after the wedding. shotgun weddingA wedding that happens quickly due to an unplanned pregnancy. After finding out she was pregnant, Gina and Tom had a shotgun wedding. ride shotgunTo ride in the front passenger seat of a car. An allusion to stage coaches in the 19th-century US, which were often protected from outlaws by someone who sat wielding a shotgun next to the driver. Mom, Jake got to ride shotgun this morning—it's my turn! OK, let's get back on the road. Who wants to ride shotgun? call shotgunTo verbally claim the ability to ride in the front passenger seat of a car. An allusion to stage coaches in 19th-century America, which were often protected from outlaws by someone who sat wielding a shotgun next to the driver. Mom, don't let Jake ride up front—I called shotgun! A: "OK, let's get back on the road." B: "I call shotgun!" shotgun weddingFig. a forced wedding. (From imagery of the bride's father having threatened the bridegroom with a shotgun to force him to marry the bride because he made her pregnant.) Mary was six months pregnant when she married Bill. It was a real shotgun wedding. Bob would never have married Jane if she hadn't been pregnant. Jane's father saw to it that it was a shotgun wedding. ride shotgunGuard someone or something while in transit, as in The reporter found himself in the odd position of riding shotgun for an accused mobster. This term alludes to the armed defender of a stagecoach who sat beside the driver to protect against marauders and bandits. Later it was transferred to anyone riding in the front passenger seat of a motor vehicle, as well as to the more general function of protection. [Mid-1900s] Shotgun weddingAn agreement or compromise made through necessity, as in Since neither side won a majority, the coalition government was obviously a shotgun wedding . This expression alludes to a marriage precipitated by a woman's pregnancy, causing her father to point a literal or figurative gun at the responsible man's head. Its figurative use dates from the mid-1900s. a shotgun wedding1. A shotgun wedding is a wedding that happens quickly because the woman is pregnant. The sort of marriage that starts with a shotgun wedding never quite escapes from the feeling that one partner or the other has been trapped. 2. A shotgun wedding is when two companies or organizations join together suddenly because they need to. The committee was created through a shotgun wedding between the community relations commission and the race relations board. ride shotgunIf someone rides shotgun, they sit in the front of a vehicle, next to the driver. I was riding shotgun on a night patrol when a boy darted out from an alley and ran towards the truck. Note: This expression comes from times in the past when a man with a shotgun sat next to the driver of a coach and horses for protection. ride shotgun1 travel as a guard in the seat next to the driver of a vehicle. 2 ride in the passenger seat of a vehicle. 3 act as a protector. chiefly North Americanride ˈshotgun(American English, informal) ride in the front passenger seat of a car or truck: My turn to ride shotgun today!Originally, this referred to an armed guard who travelled in the seat next to the driver.a ˌshotgun ˈwedding/ˈmarriage(old-fashioned, informal) a marriage which takes place because the woman is pregnantThis expression probably refers to the father of a woman, who threatens to shoot the man unless he marries her. call shotgun phr. to call out and claim the seat beside the driver in an automobile. Bob called shotgun so he could sit next to the driver. ride shotgun1. tv. to accompany and guard someone or something. (see also shotgun.) I have to take the beer over to the party. Why don’t you come along and ride shotgun? 2. tv. to ride in the passenger seat of a car, next to the driver. I want to ride shotgun so I don’t have to sit back there with those guys. shotgun1. mod. broad; general. A shotgun approach to a problem like this is useless. You must get specific. 2. exclam. a phrase called out by someone who claims the privilege of riding in a car’s passenger seat. (Usually Shotgun!) Whoever yelled “shotgun” has to sit holding the cake all the way. shotgun wedding n. a forced wedding, presumably because the bride is pregnant. It was a shotgun wedding, but they sure are in love. ride shotgun1. To guard a person or thing while in transit. 2. Slang To ride in the front passenger seat of a car or truck. ride shotgun To sit in the front passenger seat of a vehicle during a trip. shotgun weddingA wedding made compulsory by bride's pregnancy. At a time and in social circles where a baby's illegitimacy stigmatized both mother and child, something had to be done, and in a hurry. As soon as his unwed daughter broke the news of her pregnancy and the father-to-be's unwillingness to marry her, the father grabbed his shotgun off the wall. With such motivation, the young man was forced to accompany the young lady to the nearest preacher or justice of the peace to make her an honest woman. The phase is sometimes used to describe business mergers made only for reasons of expediency. |
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