shot

US: /ˈʃɑt/

UK: /ʃˈɒt/


English - Vietnamese dictionary

shot /ʃɔt/
  • danh từ
    • sự trả tiền; phiếu tính tiền (ở quán rượu...)
    • phần đóng góp
      • to pay one's shot: góp tiền, đóng phần tiền của mình
  • danh từ
    • đạn, viên đạn
    • ((thường) số nhiều không đổi) đạn ghém
    • phát đạn, phát bắn
      • without firing a single shot: shot không tốn một phát đạn nào
      • to take a flying shot: bắn chim đang bay; bắn mục tiêu di động
      • random shot: phát bắn bừa
    • sự làm thử, sự đánh ăn may, sự đoán cầu may
      • to have (take) a shot at: thử làm (cái gì)
      • to make a bad shot: đoán nhầm
    • tầm (đạn...)
    • người bắn
      • a crack shot: một tay súng giỏi
      • to be no shot: bắn kém
    • mìn (phá đá...)
    • quả tạ
      • to put the shot: ném tạ, đẩy tạ
    • cút sút (vào gôn)
    • liều côcain; phát tiêm mocfin
    • (thông tục) ngụm rượu
    • ảnh, cảnh (chụp bằng máy quay phim)
    • lời phê bình sắc, lời nhận xét sắc sảo
    • to call the shots
      • (thông tục) chỉ huy, điều khiển, làm tướng
    • a shot in the arm
      • liều thuốc bổ (nghĩa bóng)
    • a long shot
      • sự thử làm không chắc thành công
    • (thông tục) sự đánh cuộc khó thắng
    • (thông tục) người khó thắng, người khó thành công; việc làm khó thành công
    • like a shot
      • (xem) like
    • not a shot in the locker
      • (xem) locker
    • not by a long shot
      • (từ lóng) không khi nào, không bao giờ, không một chút nào
  • ngoại động từ
    • nạp đạn
    • thời quá khứ & động tính từ quá khứ của shoot
    • tính từ
      • có tia, có vạch; có lốm đốm (màu khác, chất khác...)
        • crimson shot with yellow: màu đỏ thắm có lốm đốm vàng
      • dệt sợi khác màu cho lốm đốm óng ánh lụa
      • (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (thông tục) không dùng được nữa, hư nát, sờn rách
      • (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (thông tục) nhất định thất bại; bị thất bại
        • his chances are shot: dịp may của hắn thế là tong rồi

    Advanced English dictionary

    noun, adjective-see also SHOOT, SHOT, SHOT v.
    + noun
    with gun
    1 [C] ~ (at sb/sth) the act of firing a gun; the sound this makes: The man fired several shots from his pistol. + Someone took a shot at the car. + We heard some shots in the distance.
    See also - GUNSHOT, POTSHOT
    2 [C] a good, bad, etc. ~ a person who shoots a gun in a particular way (well, badly, etc.)
    bullets
    3 (also lead shot) [U] a large number of small metal balls that you fire together from a SHOTGUN
    See also - BUCKSHOT, GRAPESHOT
    4 [C] (plural shot) a large stone or metal ball that was shot from a CANNON or large gun in the past
    remark / action
    5 [C] a remark or an action that is usually one of a series, and is aimed against sb/sth that you are arguing or competing with: This statement was the opening shot in the argument. + The supermarket fired the first shot in a price war today.
    attempt
    6 [C, usually sing.] ~ (at sth / at doing sth) (informal) the act of trying to do or achieve sth: The team are looking good for a shot at the title. + I've never produced a play before but I'll have a shot at it. + I'm willing to give it a shot. + Just give it your best shot (= try as hard as you can) and you'll be fine.
    in sport
    7 [C] the action of hitting, kicking or throwing the ball in order to score a point or goal in a game: Taylor scored with a low shot into the corner of the net. + Good shot!
    8 (often the shot) [sing.] the heavy ball that is used in the sports competition called THE SHOT-PUT
    photograph
    9 [C] a photograph: I got some good shots of people at the party.
    See also - MUG SHOT, SNAPSHOT
    scene in film / movie
    10 [C] a scene in a film/movie that is filmed continuously by one camera: the opening shot of a character walking across a desert
    drug
    11 [C] (informal, especially AmE) a small amount of a drug that is put into your body using a SYRINGE
    Synonym: INJECTION
    a flu shot (= to protect you against flu) + a shot of morphine
    drink
    12 [C] (informal) a small amount of a drink, especially a strong alcoholic one: a shot of whisky
    of spacecraft
    13 [C] an occasion when a spacecraft is sent into space: The space shot was shown live on television.
    horse / dog in race
    14 [sing.] (used with numbers) a horse, dog, etc. that has the particular chance of winning a race that is mentioned: The horse is a 101 shot.
    Help Note: You will find other compounds ending in shot at their place in the alphabet.
    Idioms: like a shot (informal) very quickly and without hesitating: If I had the chance to go there, I'd go like a shot.
    a shot across the / sb's bows something that you say or do as a warning to sb about what might happen if they do not change, etc.
    a shot in the arm something that gives sb/sth the help or encouragement they need
    more at BIG adj., CALL v., DARK n., LONG adj., PARTING adj.
    + adjective
    1 ~ (with sth) (of fabric, hair, etc.) having another colour showing through or mixed with the main colour: shot silk + black hair shot with grey + a cloudy sky shot with streaks of sunlight
    2 [not before noun] (informal) in a very bad condition; destroyed: The brakes on this car are shot. + I'm shot-I'm too old for this job. + After the accident his nerves were shot to pieces.
    Idioms: be / get shot of sb/sth (BrE, informal) to get rid of sb/sth so you no longer have the problems they cause: By the end of the week I just couldn't wait to get shot of them.
    shot through with sth containing a lot of a particular colour, quality or feature: a voice shot through with emotion

    Thesaurus dictionary

    n.
    1 discharge, shooting:
    The town was captured without a shot being fired.
    2 bullet, ball, slug, cannon-ball, buckshot, pellet, projectile, missile:
    A dumdum bullet is a piece of soft shot with a hollowed-out nose.
    3 attempt, try, opportunity, chance, go, essay, endeavour, guess, conjecture, Colloq stab, crack, whack:
    You are allowed three shots at the answer.
    4 marksman, markswoman, sharpshooter, sniper, rifleman:
    Geraghty is an excellent shot and favourite for an Olympic gold.
    5 photograph, snapshot, picture, Colloq snap, photo:
    Miller took some excellent action shots using stroboscopic lighting.
    6 injection, inoculation, vaccination:
    The doctor gave me a flu shot this morning.
    7 drink, jigger, tot, dram, nip, spot, swallow, Colloq finger, swig, slug, snort:
    Will you have a shot of whisky with me, Muldoon?
    8 (space) launch or launching:
    The moon shot scheduled for today has been postponed owing to technical difficulties
    9 call the shots. run or direct or manage or administer or control things or affairs or matters, run the show, rule the roost, be in command or the driver's seat:
    Ravelli calls the shots around here, and don't you forget it.
    10 like a shot. quickly, swiftly, rapidly, speedily, hurriedly, hastily, at once, like a flash, immediately, instantly, instantaneously, Colloq in two shakes of a lamb's tail, like greased lightning, before you can say 'Jack Robinson':
    All I had to do was mention ice-cream, and the children were in here like a shot
    11 (not) by a long shot. no way, under no circumstances, by no means, on no account, by no chance, never:
    You ask if he can get elected and my response is, 'Not by a long shot'
    12 shot in the arm. boost, stimulus, encouragement, incentive, inducement, provocation, motivation:
    The team needs a shot in the arm to improve morale.

    Collocation

    1 act of firing a gun

    ADJ.

    fine, good | lucky | random | fatal | warning | first, opening
    (often figurative) the opening shot in the party election campaign
    | cannon, gun, pistol, rifle
    I heard a pistol shot.

    QUANT.

    series, volley
    A volley of shots rang out.

    VERB + SHOT

    aim | fire, take
    I took a few more shots at the target, but missed every time.

    SHOT + VERB

    ring out | hit sb/sth, strike sb/sth
    The shot hit him in the upper chest.
    | kill sb/sth | miss (sb/sth)

    PREP.

    ~ from
    a shot from his semi-automatic rifle
    | ~ to
    She was killed by a single shot to the head.

    2 person who shoots a gun, etc.

    ADJ.

    crack, good, excellent
    She is a crack shot with a rifle.
    | bad, poor

    3 act of kicking/hitting a ball

    ADJ.

    fine, good, great, superb | poor, wayward | long

    VERB + SHOT

    crack/get in, have, take, try
    Go on?take another shot.
    | miss | mishit | block, parry, save
    The goalkeeper parried his first shot but he scored from the rebound.

    SHOT + VERB

    be on target | go wide, miss
    My first shot went wide, but my second was right on target.

    PREP.

    ~ at/on
    Their captain tried a long shot on goal.
    | ~ from
    his right-footed shot from outside the penalty area a superb shot from Rivaldo > Special page at SPORT

    4 photograph; picture in a film

    ADJ.

    camera | aerial, close-up, long, still, tracking, wide-angle, zoom | location | opening | action, crowd | fashion, publicity | cover

    VERB + SHOT

    get, take
    I got some great shots of the runners as they crossed the line.

    SHOT + VERB

    show sth
    a wide-angle shot showing the Houses of Parliament

    PREP.

    ~ from
    a shot from a low angle
    | ~ of
    a publicity shot of the band performing

    5 injection of a drug

    ADJ.

    booster

    VERB + SHOT

    give sb | get, have
    Have you had all your shots for your holiday yet?

    PREP.

    ~ of
    a shot of penicillin The applause acted on her like a shot of adrenalin.


    Concise dictionary

    shotted|shotting|shotsʃɑt /ʃɒt
    noun
    +an attempt to score in a game
    +(sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
    +the act of firing a projectile
    +a chance to do something
    +the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe
    +a solid missile discharged from a firearm
    +an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera
    +a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film
    +informal words for any attempt or effort
    +an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
    +a blow hard enough to cause injury
    +a small drink of liquor
    +sports equipment consisting of a heavy metal ball used in the shot put
    +a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot)
    +the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination
    +an explosive charge used in blasting
    +an estimate based on little or no information
    adj.
    +varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles
    shot|shoots|shootingʃuːt
    noun
    +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

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