call shots
呼叫镜头,来电,通话,召唤射击
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Definitions
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plural shots or, for 6, 8, shot.
- : a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
- : the range of or the distance traveled by a missile in its flight.
- : an aimed discharge of a missile.
- : an attempt to hit a target with a missile.
- : an act or instance of shooting a firearm, bow, etc.
- : a small ball or pellet of lead, a number of which are loaded in a cartridge and used for one charge of a shotgun.
- : such pellets collectively: a charge of shot.
- : a projectile for discharge from a firearm or cannon.
- : such projectiles collectively: shot and shell.
- : a person who shoots; marksman: He was a good shot.
- : Slang. a blow; punch: The prizefighter was knocked out by a shot in the chin.
- : anything like a shot, especially in being sudden and forceful.
- : a heavy metal ball that competitors cast as far as possible in shot-putting contests.
Phrases
- shot in the arm, a
- shot in the dark
- shot to hell
- shot up
- big cheese (shot)
- call the shots
- cheap shot
- give it one's best shot
- have a crack (shot) at
- like a shot
- long shot
- parting shot
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Combine that with scarcity, and you get everyone scrambling to get a shot.
They are also on the ice for the highest expected goals against per 60 minutes, meaning they allow a very high quality of shot.
Nate Schmidt and Tyler Myers allow the third-highest rate of shots against after adjusting for shot quality and Edmonton’s Darnell Nurse and Ethan Bear rank as the fifth-worst.
She was preparing to brave the weather—and drive for the first time since the start of the pandemic—because she was concerned that this would be her only chance to get a shot.
He noted that although just 24 health departments and 80 hospitals initially were authorized to administer shots, there now are 2,300 “points of access” to get vaccinated across the state.
The al Qaeda-linked gunmen shot back, but only managed to injure one officer before they were taken out.
The cartoonist, better known as Charb, was shot dead Wednesday.
The gunman hardly broke stride as he nonetheless shot Merabet in the head, killing him.
A policewoman was shot dead this morning while law enforcement searched for the Charlie Lebdo killers.
“I heard them say, ‘He was shot twice,’” the father, Joseph Dossi, remembers.
There was no fighting; a rifle shot now and then from the crests where we saw our fellows clearly.
A was an Archer, who shot at a frog; B was a Butcher, and had a great dog.
Dockier, a prominent leader of the Levelers, in the times of the English commonwealth, was shot by order of the government.
There was not a moment to lose, for one well-directed shot might exterminate half of us.