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单词 shotgun seat
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shotgun seat
North American colloquial. The front passenger seat in a vehicle; the chance to sit in this seat on a particular journey (also as int.: used to claim this chance). Frequently attributive, esp. in shotgun seat. Cf. to ride shotgun at ride v. Phrases 2m. to call shotgun: to claim the chance to sit in the front passenger seat of a vehicle on a particular journey, esp. by saying the word ‘shotgun’.In quot. 1940 with reference to the practice of travelling next to the driver of a vehicle as an armed guard: see ride v. Phrases 2m(a).
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > parts and equipment of vehicles generally > [noun] > seat > of specific type or position
driver's seata1726
side seat1742
driving seat1788
back seata1832
aisle seat1838
car seat1850
reclining seat1857
window seat1862
passenger seat1867
seat-board1873
garden seat1884
bucket-seat1908
shotgun1940
Sleeperette1950
sleeper seat1960
1940 Pony Express Courier Feb. 10/3 Why not immortalize men equally as brave who rode the Shotgun seat on the Old Concord?
1966 R. Gover Poor Boy at Party xvii. 226 He got up and staggered to the shotgun seat and tossed me the keys.
1972 G. Lucas et al. Amer. Graffiti (film script) 55 (Joe heads for the driver's side and Ants and Bean both go for the front passenger door.) Bean. Shotgun! Ants. No, I called it!
1980 Washington Post (Nexis) 3 Dec. d1 A lowered '59 Chevy roars by, and the kid in the shotgun position sticks his head out the window.
1991 C. Reynolds in G. Garrett & P. Ruffin Contemp. Southern Short Fiction 79 ‘Let's go,’ Charlie yelled. ‘Shotgun!’ ‘I already cu-cu-called “shotgun”, g-goddamnit,’ Jackpot yelled.
2001 Bodyboarding Mag. Dec. 55 The first couple of days in Cabo, I tried to get shotgun, but then I knew that that wasn't an option so I tried to get a window seat in the back.
2009 L. Spalding Writing Away p. xix You're actually driving, by the way. I call shotgun.
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