英语词汇“sitting shot”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

sitting shot chiefly Australian in later use (a) a shot fired at a stationary target, and so easier to make; an easy shot or attempt at something; (b) an easy target; a person who or thing that is defenceless against an attack or other danger.

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1834 Bell's Life in London 21 Sept. There is something inglorious in a sitting shot which a true professor cannot brook.

1852 Naturalist 2 214 I never could get a sitting shot at them [sc. long-tailed Ice Ducks]... They invariably take wing when you get within from a hundred yards to a quarter of a mile.

1915 R. Kipling Fringes of Fleet 41 Together they lamented the loss of a Zeppelin—‘a perfect mug of a Zepp’, who had come down very low and offered one of them a sitting shot.

1971 Woroni (Canberra) 9 Mar. 13/*4 You know of the recent crisis in New York and the problems that have beset Tokyo and Los Angeles. The experts say Sydney and Brisbane are sitting shots for something similar.

2018 Courier Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 27 May 44 Zousain took up the running, but Kerrin McEvoy said he failed to relax and was a sitting shot for stablemate Lean Mean Machine who made his run closer to the fence.

单词	sitting shot
释义	> as lemmas sitting shot sitting shot chiefly Australian in later use (a) a shot fired at a stationary target, and so easier to make; an easy shot or attempt at something; (b) an easy target; a person who or thing that is defenceless against an attack or other danger. ΚΠ 1834 Bell's Life in London 21 Sept. There is something inglorious in a sitting shot which a true professor cannot brook. 1852 Naturalist 2 214 I never could get a sitting shot at them [sc. long-tailed Ice Ducks]... They invariably take wing when you get within from a hundred yards to a quarter of a mile. 1915 R. Kipling Fringes of Fleet 41 Together they lamented the loss of a Zeppelin—‘a perfect mug of a Zepp’, who had come down very low and offered one of them a sitting shot. 1971 Woroni (Canberra) 9 Mar. 13/4 You know of the recent crisis in New York and the problems that have beset Tokyo and Los Angeles. The experts say Sydney and Brisbane are sitting shots for something similar. 2018 Courier Mail (Brisbane)* (Nexis) 27 May 44 Zousain took up the running, but Kerrin McEvoy said he failed to relax and was a sitting shot for stablemate Lean Mean Machine who made his run closer to the fence. extracted from sittingadj. < as lemmas
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