A shoot-out is a fight in which people fire guns at each other. It is usually short and sudden — a street, a bank door, a scene in a film — not a long war.

A shoot-out is是 people人們 fire guns at each other互相開槍的 a fight一場打鬥。 It is usually它通常 short and sudden又短又突然—— a street一條街上、 a bank door銀行門口、 a scene in a film電影裡的一場戲—— not a long war不是一場長長的戰爭。

News readers and film talk use the word a lot. A judge in court would more likely say the people shot at each other, or name the crime in careful legal words. You may see it with a hyphen (shoot-out) or as one word (shootout); British writing often keeps the hyphen.

News readers新聞主播 and film talk和談電影的場合 use the word a lot很常用這個字。 in court在法庭上 A judge法官 would more likely say比較可能說 the people shot at each other雙方互相開槍射擊， or或 in careful legal words用嚴謹的法律用語 name the crime說出罪名。 You may see it你可能看到它 with a hyphen (shoot-out)帶連字號（shoot-out）， or as one word (shootout)或連成一個字（shootout）； British writing英式寫法 often keeps the hyphen常保留連字號。

Though actually, the same spelling is used for a completely different thing in football: a penalty shoot-out, where players take turns to kick at the goal after a drawn match. No guns there at all. This entry is the gun fight.

Though actually不過其實， the same spelling同一個拼法 in football在足球裡 is used for用來指 a completely different thing完全不同的東西： a penalty shoot-outPK 大戰（罰球決勝）， where也就是 after a drawn match平手之後 players球員 take turns to kick at the goal輪流射門。 No guns there at all那裡完全沒有槍。 This entry is這一條講的是 the gun fight開槍的那一種。

The noun was made from the two-word verb shoot out — English turned the action into a thing-word.

The noun這個名詞 was made from是從 the two-word verb shoot out兩個字的動詞 shoot out 造出來的—— English英文 turned the action into把這個動作變成了 a thing-word一個表示東西的字。