| 单词 | the whole shooting match |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe whole shooting match shooting match n. a competition testing skill in shooting; also figurative in colloquial phrase the whole shooting match = the whole shoot at shoot n.1 8. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > competitive shooting > [noun] shooting match1750 wed-shooting1792 target1825 shoot1892 wappenschaw1899 1750 Acts Assembly Pennsylv. (1762) II. 33 Horse races, Shooting-matches, or other idle Sports. 1813 Weekly Reg. 4 35/1 I..gained their applause for my activity at our shooting matches. 1853 J. G. Baldwin Flush Times Alabama 127 Shooting-matches..and card-playing. 1896 G. Ade Artie xiv. 131 If they wanted me to be president o' the whole shootin' match, I'd..grow some side-whiskers and put up as tall a con game as that old stiff we've got there now. 1906 Springfield (Mass.) Weekly Republican 29 Mar. 4 You are not the whole shooting match, but a good share of it. 1922 D. H. Lawrence in N.Y. Times 24 Dec. 9/4 What a lively shooting match will go on between all the Jacks and the Juans! 1953 K. Reisz Technique Film Editing ii. 76 The final chase..was best presented as a ‘battle of wits’, instead of a wild action-packed shooting match. 1974 BP Shield Internat. Oct. 2/4 This had the effect of tilting up the whole shooting match. < as lemmas |
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