shoot

have shot one's bolt

見 bolt

shoot the breeze (或 the bull)

(N. Amer. informal)have a casual conversation

(北美，非正式)閑扯

shoot one's cuffs

pull one's shirt cuffs out to project beyond the cuffs of one's jacket or coat

（從夾克或大衣的袖口里）拉出襯衣的袖口

shoot from the hip

(informal)react suddenly or without careful consideration of one's words or actions

(非正式)信口開河；魯莽行事

shoot oneself in the foot

(informal)inadvertently make a situation worse for oneself

(非正式)對自己不利，砸自己的鍋

shoot it out

(informal)(非正式)engage in a decisive confrontation, typically a gun battle

用槍戰決出勝負

shoot a line

(Brit. informal)describe something in an exaggerated, untruthful, or boastful way

(英，非正式)吹牛，說大話

he never shot a line about his escapades.

關于他的那些惡作劇，他始終閉口不談。

shoot one's mouth off

(informal)talk boastfully or indiscreetly

(非正式)胡吹，隨便亂說

shoot someone/thing down

kill or wound someone by shooting them, especially in a ruthless way

（尤指無情地）擊斃；擊傷

troops shot down 28 demonstrators.

軍隊無情地擊斃了28名示威者。

shoot through

(Austral./NZ informal)leave, typically to escape from or avoid someone or something

(澳/新西蘭，非正式)（尤指為躲避而）離開

me wife's shot through and I can't pay the rent.

我老婆跑走了，我付不起房租。

shoot someone/thing up

cause great damage to something by shooting; kill or wound someone by shooting

（通過射擊）摧毀；擊斃；擊傷

the police shot up our building.

警察擊毀了我們的大樓。

(亦作 shoot up)(informal)inject a narcotic drug; inject someone with a narcotic drug

(非正式)注射毒品；向…注射毒品

she went home and shot up alone in her room.

她回到家，一個人在房里注射毒品。

I was shooting up cocaine.

當時我正在注射可卡因。

shoot people up with the new chemical and see what happens.

給人注射新的化學藥品，看看情況怎樣。

shoot down

To bring down (an aircraft, for example) by hitting and damaging with gunfire or a missile.

擊落：用炮火或導彈打擊或損壞的方式打落（比如飛機）

&I{Informal} To ruin the aspirations of; disappoint.

【非正式用語】 破壞…的愿望；使…失望

&I{Informal}

批駁：指出…為假；證明…是假的

shot down the proposal.

否決了這個建議

shot down his theory.

批駁他的理論

shoot for 或 shoot at 【非正式用語】

To strive or aim for; have as a goal.

爭取得到或追求…；以…為目標

shoot up

&I{Informal} To grow or get taller rapidly.

【非正式用語】 迅速生長或長高

To increase dramatically in amount.

激增：在數量上急劇增長

To riddle with bullets.

射擊：用子彈把…打得到處是孔

To damage or terrorize (a town, for example) by intense or random gunfire.

亂一開槍：用密集或零星的炮火破壞或威嚇（比如一個小鎮）

&I{Slang} To inject a drug with a hypodermic syringe.

&I{【俚語】} 用靜脈注射管注靜毒品