| 单词 | shoot down |
| 释义 | shoot down 1. phrasal verb B2 If someone shoots down an aeroplane, a helicopter, or a missile, they make it fall to the ground by hitting it with a bullet or missile. They claimed to have shot down one incoming missile. [VERB PARTICLE noun] His plane was shot down over North Vietnam in 1967. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] 2. phrasal verb If one person shoots down another, they shoot them with a gun. He was prepared to suppress rebellion by shooting down protesters. [VERB PARTICLE noun] They shot him down in cold blood. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 3. phrasal verb See full dictionary entry for shoot If you shoot someone down or shoot down their ideas, you say or show that they are completely wrong. She was able to shoot the rumour down in flames with ample documentary evidence. [VERB noun PARTICLE] |
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