shotgun

• n. 霰彈獵槍
• adj. 獵槍的；被迫的
• vt. 用獵槍射擊；強迫
• vi. 用獵槍射擊

shot,霰彈，gun,槍。

shotgun (n.)

1821, American English, from shot (n.) in the sense of "lead in small pellets" (1770) + gun (n.). As distinguished from a rifle, which fires bullets. Shotgun wedding first attested 1903, American English. To ride shotgun is 1963, from custom of having an armed man beside the driver on the stagecoach in Old West movies to ward off trouble.

1. She had spotted a man with a shotgun taking aim.

她發現一個正持獵槍瞄準的男子。

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2. Her father shot himself in the head with a shotgun.

她父親用一把獵槍開槍自殺了。

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3. Tom keeps a primed 10-foot shotgun in his office.

湯姆在辦公室放了一支裝了子彈的10英尺長的獵槍。

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4. He prodded Murray with the shotgun.

他用獵槍捅了捅默裏。

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5. He blew his brains out with a shotgun.

他用一支獵槍射中了他的腦袋。

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