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A shotgun is a long gun you hold against your shoulder. Instead of one pointed bullet, it usually sends out many small round balls, called shot, which spread as they fly. That is why hunters use it for birds and for animals close by: you do not have to aim as tightly as with a rifle. Police use shotguns too, at short range.
A shotgun shotgun is 是 a long gun you hold against your shoulder 一種你抵著肩膀發射的長槍 Instead of one pointed bullet 不像一顆尖頭子彈 it usually sends out 它通常會射出 many small round balls, called shot 很多顆叫做shot的小圓彈 which spread as they fly 在飛行時會散開 That is why hunters use it for birds and for animals close by 這就是為什麼獵人用它來打鳥和近距離的動物 you do not have to aim as tightly as with a rifle 你不必像用步槍那樣瞄得那麼精準 Police use shotguns too 警察也會用散彈槍 at short range 在近距離的時候
It is a serious weapon word, not a toy word.
It is 這是 a serious weapon word 一個很正經的武器用字 not a toy word 不是玩具用字
People stretch it. Ride shotgun comes from the old guard who sat beside a driver with this gun; today children shout “Shotgun!” to claim the front passenger seat. A shotgun wedding is a wedding after a pregnancy — a set phrase, a little old-fashioned, and a little .
People stretch it 人們會把這個字用得更廣 Ride shotgun comes from the old guard who sat beside a stagecoach driver with this gun ride shotgun這個說法來自以前坐在馬車伕旁邊、拿著這種槍的護衛 today children shout 'Shotgun!' to claim the front passenger seat 現在小孩會喊『Shotgun!』來搶前座 A shotgun wedding is a hurried wedding after a pregnancy shotgun wedding是指懷孕後匆忙辦的婚禮 a set phrase, a little old-fashioned, and a little unkind 是個固定說法，有點過時，也有點不厚道
The home meaning is still the gun.
The home meaning is still the gun 但這個字真正的意思還是那把槍
組成shot（許多小彈丸）+ gun。副駕駛座的說法來自舊時坐在車夫旁、拿這把槍戒備，叫 ride shotgun。
同家族的字
- shotthe small balls the gun fires
- gunthe weapon
- ride shotgunsit up front; from the armed seat beside the driver
原始詞典資料13 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
shotgunnoun/ˈʃɒtɡʌn/
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engineeringfirearmsgovernmentA gun which fires loads typically consisting of small metal balls, called shot, from a cartridge.
- The farmer's son brought home a Thanksgiving turkey from the wild that he killed with his shotgun.
- You can't talk to a man / With a shotgun in his hand
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slangThe front passenger seat in a vehicle, next to the driver; so called because the position of the shotgun-armed guard on a horse-drawn stage-coach, wagon train, or gold transport was next to the driver on a forward-mounted bench seat. Can also be used in situations of claiming other resources such as bedrooms.
- I call shotgun!
- I call shotgun!
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A one-story dwelling with no hallways or corridors, with the rooms arranged in a straight line.
- Elvis Presley was born in a two-bedroom shotgun in Tupelo, Mississippi.
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American-footballball-gamesfootballAn offensive formation in which the quarterback receives the snap at a distance behind the center, often with a running back set to one or both sides of him.
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Relating to shotguns, either in a present or past sense.
- shotgun cartridges
- shotgun seat
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Relating to the threat of force or dubious means.
- shotgun wedding
- shotgun diplomacy
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Relating to the use of numerous, diverse or indiscriminate means to achieve a particular result.
- shotgun marketing
- shotgun approach
shotgunverb/ˈʃɒtɡʌn/
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slanglifestylesmokingTo inhale from a pipe or other smoking device, followed shortly by an exhalation into someone else’s mouth.
- High as fuck, I light it up / Got pre-rolls for the whole month / She don't smoke but when I roll one / We shotgun the whole blunt
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informalTo verbally lay claim to (something)
- I got a day off because I shotgunned it.
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ball-gamesbaseballgamesTo hit the ball directly back at the pitcher.
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slangTo rapidly drink a beverage from a can by making a hole in the bottom of the can, placing the hole above one's mouth, and opening the top.
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slangTo send out many (requests, answers to a question, etc), especially in the hope that one obtains a positive result (i.e. reveals useful information, is correct, etc), in the manner of a shotgun firing many balls of shot such that one may hit a target.
- An actual physical piece of paper shows that you're not just shotgunning out queries to every agent on the planet.
- Science fiction writers are “shotgunning ideas” through their works, he said, and people tend to recall the pellets that hit the target.
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slangcomputingengineeringmathematicsTo employ the technique of shotgun debugging.
- Understand the problem before fixing it. About the only scenario where shotgunning is useful is if there is a shorted IC and you cannot tell which one it is.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。