| 单词 | to make a shot |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make a shot a. A random guess attempting to ‘hit’ the right answer. to make a shot: to attempt an answer by guessing. Also, a shot in the dark, a guess, a random attempt. Cf. dark n. 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > conjecture, guessing > form conjectures, guess [verb (intransitive)] divine1362 supposea1393 conjecta1425 guessc1535 rove1551 level1580 conjecture1587 to harp at1611 to venture at1623 to make a shot1840 reach1952 the mind > mental capacity > belief > conjecture, guessing > [noun] > a conjecture, guess guessc1330 aimc1450 conjecturea1527 guessing1535 foreguessing1548 fact1566 conjectural1579 surmise1593 speculation1796 shot1840 guesstimate1936 the world > action or operation > endeavour > [noun] > an attempt > random a shot in the dark1895 pot-shot1902 1840 J. T. J. Hewlett Peter Priggins xvii, in New Monthly Mag. After waiting for a little while [in construing], Ninny..made a shot, and went so near the mark, that [etc.]. 1846 A. Smith Christopher Tadpole (1848) Prel. ‘Do you want a bed here to-night, Sir?’ asked the waiter..making a shot at the sex of the blue serge bundle. 1887 Times (Weekly ed.) 19 Aug. 4/3 I do not believe that yesterday when she was supposed to be doing 15 knots she was really running more than 13. This, however, is only a shot. 1895 G. B. Shaw in Sat. Rev. 9 Feb. 183/1 Never did man make a worse shot in the dark. 1935 C. Isherwood Mr. Norris changes Trains xii. 184 I could no longer resist trying a shot in the dark. ‘But you get paid from Paris?’ I had scored a bull. 1950 G. Greene Third Man iv. 39 ‘There's something queer about Harry's death.’ It was a shot in the dark, but already he had this firm instinctive sense that there was something wrong. 1963 Listener 7 Mar. 420/2 It can have been nothing more than a ‘shot in dark’ [sic], but it was a strange prediction none the less. < as lemmas |
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