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单词 shoot at
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to shoot at (†also after, against, on, unto, to)
(a) to shoot at (†also after, against, on, unto, to) the mark or object aimed at.to shoot at rovers: see to shoot at rovers at rover n.2 1a(a).
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > assail with missiles [verb (transitive)] > from weapon
shoota900
to shoot at (also after, against, on, unto, to)c1290
to shoot with (also in)1297
c1290 St. Sebastian 47 in S. Eng. Leg. 179 [The emperor] let archers to him scheote: ase it were to one marke.
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 474 Lamech..wurð bisne, and haued a man Ðat ledde him..To scheten after ðe wilde der.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 45 An archer uor þet he hedde ylore ate geme: nom his boȝe and ssat an heȝ aye god.
c1400 Laud Troy-bk. 7779 To schote at him so was he prest.
c1450 Mirk's Festial 64 But euer deþe sewyth hym wyth his bow drawen and an arow þeryn redy to choton at hym.
?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) I. lf. 73 He entryd among tharchers of the troians that shotte thikke on hym.
1496 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 273 Giffin to the King himself to schute at the prop with James Mersar,..x s.
1497 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 360 Item, to the king, to schut at the schell..xvjd.
a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 71 Ever as a marke to schote un to.
?1576 G. Gascoigne Spoyle of Antwerpe sig. A4v They of the Towne did not shote at the prince of Orenges Shippes.
1611 Bible (King James) Gen. xlix. 23 The archers haue sorely grieued him, and shot at him. View more context for this quotation
1673 R. Leigh Transproser Rehears'd 97 They fought for his crown when they shot at his person.
a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 242 Van Gheudt..shot against Bruntisland without doing any mischief.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VI. 96 They have stood to be shot at in flocks, without offering to move.
1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf ii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 52 Willie of Winton whom you shot at?
1908 E. M. Gordon Indian Folk Tales (1909) ix. 85 A young man..asked me to shoot at an owl.
extracted from shootv.
to shoot at (†to, etc.) (an object)
(c) to shoot at (†to, etc.) (an object) with a bow, gun, etc.; also with an arrow.
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971 Blickl. Hom. 199 Þa genam he his bogan..& ða mid geættredum stræle ongan sceotan wiþ þæs þe he geseah þæt hryþer stondan.
c1290 St. Cristopher 204 in S. Eng. Leg. 277 With bouwe and Areblast þare schoter to him four hondret knyȝtes and mo.
c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Add. MS.) ii. xix. 335 The knyght..shotte to [Cambr. MS. shot at] hym with an arowe, and slough hym.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 740 They shoot at the Fish with their darts.
1873 B. Harte What B. Harte Saw in Fiddletown 100 There was a mark at which a few credulous people shot with a toy rifle.
extracted from shootv.
to shoot at
b. to shoot at: to assail with censure or contempt. Obsolete.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > invective or abuse > abuse [verb (transitive)]
vilea1300
rebutc1330
revilea1393
arunt1399
stainc1450
brawl1474
vituper1484
rebalk1501
to call (rarely to speak) (all) to naught1542
rattle1542
vituperate1542
bedaub1570
beray1576
bespurt1579
wring1581
misuse1583
caperclaw1589
abuse1592
rail1592
exagitate1593
to shoot atc1595
belabour1596
to scour one's mouth on1598
bespurtle1604
conviciate1604
scandala1616
delitigate1623
betongue1639
bespatter1644
rant1647
palt1648
opprobriatea1657
pelt1658
proscind1659
inveigh1670
clapperclaw1692
blackguard1767
philippize1804
drub1811
foul-mouth1822
bullyrag1823
target1837
barge1841
to light on ——1842
slang1844
villainize1857
slangwhang1880
slam-bang1888
vituperize1894
bad-mouth1941
slag1958
zing1962
to dump on (occasionally all over)1967
c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme lii. 23 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 52 The Iust shall..shoote at thee With scornfull glaunces.
1643 R. Baker Chron. Kings of Eng. iv. 57 The Queen conceiving, that through the sides of the Prelates, she her self was shot at, suppressed them what she could.
1652 H. Bell tr. M. Luther Colloquia Mensalia 113 The Turks and Jews do acknowledg God the Father, but it is the Son that they shoot at.
1665 R. South Serm. preached before Court 31 If it is a Pleasure to be envied and shot at, to be maligned standing,..then is it a pleasure to be great.
extracted from shootv.
to shoot at
c. to shoot at (with express or implied reference to a metaphorical mark or target): (a) to aim at, to seek to have or accomplish; to aspire to, strive after (now archaic); (b) to ‘drive at’, mean, to have reference to; (c) to aim at imitating, follow the example of.
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the mind > will > intention > intend [verb (transitive)] > have as purpose or object
followeOE
studylOE
turna1200
pursuea1382
purposec1384
to shoot atc1407
ensue1483
proponea1500
studyc1503
prick1545
tread1551
suit1560
to go for ——1568
to set (up) one's rest1572
expect1578
propose1584
propound1596
aima1616
scope1668
to set up1691
aim1821
to go in for1835
to be out for1887
to be flat out for1930
target1966
shoot1967
the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > imitate [verb (transitive)] > follow advice, example, etc.
followOE
counterfeitc1405
to shoot atc1407
ensue1430
enfollowc1449
to follow suit with1655
to follow the lead of1863
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > meaning of linguistic unit > mean, signify, express [verb (transitive)] > make reference to
to shoot atc1407
mean1513
to have respect to1542
to intend at1572
eye1594
to turn upon ——1697
to turn on ——1765
(a)
c1407–10 T. Hoccleve Min. Poems (1892) 58 But myn herte is euere bent To sheete at yow good wil in soothfastnesse.
1528 W. Tyndale That Fayth Mother of All Good Workes 30 The same is blynde and wotteth not what he dothe: erreth and shoteth at a wronge marke.
a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) ii. f. 51 Thou, that shotest at perfection in the Latin tong, think not thy selfe wiser than Tullie was.
1630 R. Norton tr. W. Camden Hist. Princesse Elizabeth iii. 36 The Queene of Scotts..easily vnderstood, that her distruction was shot at by this Association.
1647 J. Trapp Marrow Good Authors 652 Their evil dissembled ambitious desires plainly declared..that they both shot at one and the same mark.
1888 R. L. Stevenson Black Arrow iii. iii. 163 I shoot at no advantage to myself.
(b)1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. i. ix. sig. F.ijv/1 For to this ende shoote all the exhortations of the Prophets and Apostles.1583 G. Babington Very Fruitfull Expos. Commaundem. viii. 373 An equalitie of commodities present is plainely shot at in this law.1583 G. Babington Very Fruitfull Expos. Commaundem. viii. 390 I might recite the lawes of God,..which directly shoote at the shame of this sinne.1629 H. Burton Truth's Triumph 307 The maine thing Vega shootes at in this chapter.(c)c1515 in State Papers Henry VIII (1834) II. 15 Bycause the Deputye useyth the said wrongfull extortion, all the noble folke of the lande shotes at hym, folowyth his wayes in that behalf, asmuche as in them is.
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