shoot
US: /ˈʃut/
UK: /ʃˈuːt/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
shoot /ʃu:t/- danh từ
- cành non; chồi cây; cái măng
- thác nước
- cầu nghiêng, mặt nghiêng (để tháo nước, để đẩy đất...)
- cuộc tập bắn
- cuộc săn bắn; đất để săn bắn
- (thể dục,thể thao) cú đá, cú sút (bóng)
- cơ đau nhói
- động từ shot
- vụt qua, vọt tới, chạy qua
- flash shoots across sky: ánh chớp loé ngang bầu trời
- đâm ra, trồi ra
- buds are shooting: chồi đang đâm ra
- tree shoots: cây đâm chồi
- cape shoots out: mũi đất đâm ra ngoài biển
- ném, phóng, quăng, liệng, đổ
- bow shoots arrow: cung phóng tên đi
- sun shoots its rays: mặt trời toả tia sáng
- to shoot fishing-net: quăng lưới
- to shoot rubbish: đổ rác
- bắn
- to shoot well with a revolver: bắn súng lục giỏi
- to shoot straight: bắn trúng
- to be shot in the arm: bị trúng đạn vào tay
- to shoot a match: dự cuộc thi bắn
- săn bắn
- to be out shooting: đi săn
- sút, đá (bóng)
- đau nhói, đau nhức nhối
- tooth shoots: đau răng nhức nhối
- (thể dục,thể thao) là là mặt đất ((nghĩa bóng) crickê)
- chụp ảnh, quay phim
- bào
- shot edges: những cạnh đã được bào nhẵn
- vụt qua, vọt tới, chạy qua
- động tính từ quá khứ
- óng ánh
- shot silk: lụa óng ánh
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (từ lóng) lời mệnh lệnh nói đi!
- to shoot at
- (thông tục) cố gắng đạt được
- to shoot away
- bắn bay đi, bắn văng đi
- bắn hết (đạn)
- to shoot away all one's ammunition: bắn hết đạn
- to shoot down
- bắn rơi
- to shoot forth
- thoáng qua như chớp, thoảng qua như gió
- đâm chồi (cây)
- to shoot up
- lớn mau, lớn nhanh, lớn vọt
- bắn trúng nhiều phát
- (thông tục) khủng bố; triệt hạ
- to shoot the cat
- (từ lóng) nôn, mửa
- to shoot a line
- (từ lóng) nói khoác, nói bịa
- to shoot out one's lips
- bĩu môi khinh bỉ
- to shoot the moon x moon to shoot Niagara
- liều, tính chuyện liều
- to shoot the sun
- đo độ cao của mặt trời lúc buổi trưa
- I'll be shot if...
- nếu... tôi chết
- I'll be shot if I know
- tôi không biết, tôi biết thì tôi chết
- to shoot off one's (the) mouth
- (từ lóng) nói ba hoa, nói không giữ mồm giữ miệng
- to be shot through with
- gặp nhiều (điều không ưng, nguy hiểm...)
- óng ánh
Advanced English dictionary
verb, noun, exclamation+ verb (shot, shot )
weapon
1 ~ (sth) (at sb/sth)
~ sth (from sth) to fire a gun or other weapon; to fire sth from a weapon: [V] Don't shoot-I surrender. + troops shooting at the enemy + a serious shooting incident + The police rarely shoot to kill (= try to kill the people they shoot at). + [VN] He shot an arrow from his bow. + They shot the lock off (= removed it by shooting).
2 to kill or wound a person or an animal with a bullet, etc: [VN] A man was shot in the leg. + He shot himself during a fit of depression. + The guards were ordered to shoot on sight anyone trying to escape. + [VN-ADJ] Three people were shot dead during the robbery.
3 (of a gun or other weapon) to fire bullets, etc: [VN] This is just a toy gun-it doesn't shoot real bullets. [also V]
for sport
4 to hunt and kill birds and animals with a gun as a sport: [VN] to shoot pheasants + [V] They go shooting in Scotland.
move quickly
5 [+adv./prep.] to move suddenly or quickly in one direction; to make sb/sth move in this way: [V] A plane shot across the sky. + His hand shot out to grab her. + Flames were shooting up through the roof. + (figurative) The band's last single shot straight to number one in the charts. + [VN] He shot out his hand to grab her.
of pain
6 [V] to move suddenly and quickly and be very sharp: a shooting pain in the back + The pain shot up her arm.
direct at sb
7 ~ sth at sb
~ sb sth [no passive] to direct sth at sb suddenly or quickly: [VN, VNN] She shot an angry glance at him. + She shot him an angry glance. + [VN] Journalists were shooting questions at the candidates.
film / photograph
8 to make a film/movie or photograph of sth: [V] Cameras ready? OK, shoot! + [VN] Where was the movie shot? + The movie was shot in black and white.
in sports
9 ~ (at sth) (in football, hockey, etc.) to try to kick, hit or throw the ball into a goal or to score a point: [V] He should have shot instead of passing. + [VN] After school we'd be on the driveway shooting baskets (= playing basketball).
10 [VN] (informal) (in golf) to make a particular score in a complete ROUND or competition: She shot a 75 in the first round.
play game
11 [VN] (especially AmE) to play particular games: to shoot pool
speak
12 (shoot!) [V] (spoken, especially AmE) used to tell sb to say what they want to say: You want to tell me something? OK, shoot!
Idioms: be / get shot of sth/sb (BrE, informal) to no longer have sth; to get rid of sth: I'll be glad to get shot of this car.
have shot your bolt (informal) to have used all your power, money or supplies
shoot the breeze / bull (AmE, informal) to have a conversation in an informal way: We sat around in the bar, shooting the breeze.
shoot from the hip to react quickly without thinking carefully first
shoot yourself in the foot (informal) to do or say sth that will cause you a lot of trouble or harm, especially when you are trying to get an advantage for yourself
shoot it out (with sb) (informal) to fight against sb with guns, especially until one side is killed or defeated: The gang decided to shoot it out with the police.
related noun SHOOT-OUT
shoot your mouth off (about sth) (informal)
1 to talk with too much pride about sth
2 to talk about sth that is private or secret
shoot the rapids to go in a boat over part of a river where the water flows very fast
Phrasal Verbs: shoot sb/sth<->down
1 to make sb/sth fall to the ground by shooting them/it: Several planes were shot down by enemy fire.
2 to be very critical of sb's ideas, opinions, etc: His latest theory has been shot down in flames.
shoot for sth (AmE, informal) to try to achieve or get sth, especially sth difficult: We've been shooting for a pay raise for months.
shoot off (informal) to leave very quickly: I had to shoot off at the end of the meeting.
shoot through (AustralE, NZE, informal) to leave, especially in order to avoid sb/sth: I was only five when my Dad shot through.
shoot up
1 to grow very quickly: Their kids have shot up since I last saw them.
2 to rise suddenly by a large amount: Ticket prices shot up last year.
shoot sth<->up
1 to cause great damage to sth by shooting
2 [no passive] (slang) to INJECT an illegal drug directly into your blood
+ noun
plant
1 the part that grows up from the ground when a plant starts to grow; a new part that grows on plants or trees: new green shoots + bamboo shoots
film / photographs
2 an occasion when sb takes professional photographs for a particular purpose or makes a film/movie: a fashion shoot
for sport
3 (especially BrE) an occasion when a group of people hunt and shoot animals or birds for sport; the land where this happens
+ exclamation (AmE) used to show that you are annoyed when you do sth stupid or when sth goes wrong (to avoid saying 'shit'): Shoot! I've forgotten my book!
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 scoot, dart, whisk, speed, bolt, run, race, rush, flash, fly, dash, hurtle, streak, scuttle, bound, leap, spring, Colloq zip, whiz:
The instant the baby cried out, its mother shot over to protect it
2 discharge, fire, open fire; let fly, launch, propel, project, fling, hurl, throw, toss:
Don't shoot till you see the whites of their eyes! With all his strength he shot the arrow into the beast's neck
3 wound, hurt, harm, injure; kill, slay, assassinate, execute, Slang fill or pump full of lead, plug, blast, zap, knock off, snuff (out):
He insulted her, so she shot him. He's to be shot at sunrise.
4 sprout, germinate, burgeon, flourish, grow, spring up, mushroom, develop:
Owing to the perfect weather, the corn shot up very quickly.
n.
5 sprout, stem, bud, branch, offshoot, slip, scion, sucker:
If you want fruit, the new shoots have to be pinched back.
Collocation
1 new part of a plant
ADJ.
fresh, green, new, tender, young | flowering | lateral, side | bamboo
VERB + SHOOT
have
This plant hasn't got any shoots yet.
| develop, produce, put out, send out
These shrubs will need more light to produce flowering shoots.
SHOOT + VERB
appear, come up, develop, emerge, grow, sport
Keep the bulbs in a cool dark place until shoots appear.
2 occasion when you photograph sb/sth
ADJ.
fashion, film, photo, photographic, video
a five-day photo shoot in Cyprus
| location
PREP.
on a/the ~
He goes out on shoots with very little equipment.
ADV.
straight
She practised for days until she could shoot straight.
| accidentally
He accidentally shot himself in the foot.
| fatally
Four policemen were fatally shot in the incident.
| summarily
If caught, the men could be summarily shot as spies.
| back
If they shoot, we shoot back.
VERB + SHOOT
want to | threaten to | be going to
I thought for a moment that he was going to shoot.
| try to
PREP.
at
soldiers shooting at a target
| with
She was shot with a small automatic pistol.
PHRASES
shoot (sb) on sight
Any intruders will be shot on sight.
| shoot sb dead
The police shot him dead.
| shoot sb in the arm, leg, chest, etc., shoot to kill
The soldiers were told to shoot to kill.
Concise dictionary
shot|shoots|shootingʃuːtnoun
+a new branch
+the act of shooting at targets
verb
+hit with a missile from a weapon
+kill by firing a missile
+fire a shot
+make a film or photograph of something
+send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly
+run or move very quickly or hastily
+move quickly and violently
+throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective
+record on photographic film
+emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully
+cause a sharp and sudden pain in
+force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing
+variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors
+throw dice, as in a crap game
+spend frivolously and unwisely
+score
+utter fast and forcefully
+measure the altitude of by using a sextant
+produce buds, branches, or germinate
+give an injection to
