英语词汇“to shoot down in flames”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. to shoot (a person) down: to kill by a shot (usually with suggestion of merciless cruelty or determination); to bring down (an aircraft, hence a pilot, etc.) by shooting; (frequently in to shoot down in flames). Also figurative, to overwhelm (a person) in argument, to destroy (an argument or theory); to assail with objections; to bring down to size.

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the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > kill [verb (transitive)] > by shooting

shootc893

shootc1275

to blow away1523

carry1653

to shoot (a person) down1845

stop1845

blow1871

ventilate1875

Maxim1894

poop1917

to blow apart1920

smoke1926

clip1927

cowboy1941

zap1942

Sten-gun1949

to light up1967

slot1987

society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > attack with aircraft [verb (transitive)] > bring down

to bring down1917

to shoot down in flames1918

to claw down1942

clobber1944

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > confound, confute [phrase]

bray1535

to beat the nail back1581

to nail (a fact, information, etc.) to the counter1842

to nail a lie (also charge, etc.)1843

to sew up one's stocking1859

to knock galley-west1875

to knock the bottom out of1875

to shoot down in flames1943

1845 J. Coulter Adventures Pacific xiii. 175 I have witnessed several of their battles, and it appears to be the first object to shoot down, or otherwise kill a man.

1897 Sir G. T. Goldie in Times 23 Jan. 13/1 It is more humane to shoot down promptly a few running carriers than to sacrifice the lives of some 2,000 men of a column.

1918 W. A. Bishop Winged Warfare xii. 160 I turned on the nearer of the two-seaters and..managed to shoot him down.

1928 E. Wallace Tam o' the Scouts iii. 29 Captain Muller shot down his twenty-seventh aeroplane.

1943 N. Balchin Small Back Room 5 ‘Just army conservatism,’ he said wearily. ‘Just the army's usual trick of shooting things down.’

1943 C. H. Ward-Jackson It's a Piece of Cake 54 Shot down in flames, hopelessly beaten at anything.

1948 Daily Tel. 26 May 4/5 Another enemy aircraft was shot down in flames.

1958 Times 18 Dec. 11/4 To be shot down in flames may be an exaggerated description of getting the worse of an argument.

1959 Listener 3 Sept. 351/1 This is the way in which we shoot down cosmological theories.

1962 J. F. Powers Morte d'Urban iv. 98 He had no choice but to shoot the woman down.

1969 M. O'Brine Mills xi. 43 She, herself, had been a little shocked by his answer, but had secretly enjoyed seeing Eileen shot down in flames.

1977 R.A.F. News 11 May 8/6 He saw..Baron von Richtofen, shot down.

1981 J. B. Hilton Playground of Death vi. 81 Please shoot me down in flames if you think I'm making a bloody idiot of myself.

单词	to shoot down in flames
释义	> as lemmas to shoot down in flames c. to shoot (a person) down: to kill by a shot (usually with suggestion of merciless cruelty or determination); to bring down (an aircraft, hence a pilot, etc.) by shooting; (frequently in to shoot down in flames). Also figurative, to overwhelm (a person) in argument, to destroy (an argument or theory); to assail with objections; to bring down to size. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > kill [verb (transitive)] > by shooting shootc893 shootc1275 to blow away1523 carry1653 to shoot (a person) down1845 stop1845 blow1871 ventilate1875 Maxim1894 poop1917 to blow apart1920 smoke1926 clip1927 cowboy1941 zap1942 Sten-gun1949 to light up1967 slot1987 society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > attack with aircraft [verb (transitive)] > bring down to bring down1917 to shoot down in flames1918 to claw down1942 clobber1944 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > confound, confute [phrase] bray1535 to beat the nail back1581 to nail (a fact, information, etc.) to the counter1842 to nail a lie (also charge, etc.)1843 to sew up one's stocking1859 to knock galley-west1875 to knock the bottom out of1875 to shoot down in flames1943 1845 J. Coulter Adventures Pacific xiii. 175 I have witnessed several of their battles, and it appears to be the first object to shoot down, or otherwise kill a man. 1897 Sir G. T. Goldie in Times 23 Jan. 13/1 It is more humane to shoot down promptly a few running carriers than to sacrifice the lives of some 2,000 men of a column. 1918 W. A. Bishop Winged Warfare xii. 160 I turned on the nearer of the two-seaters and..managed to shoot him down. 1928 E. Wallace Tam o' the Scouts iii. 29 Captain Muller shot down his twenty-seventh aeroplane. 1943 N. Balchin Small Back Room 5 ‘Just army conservatism,’ he said wearily. ‘Just the army's usual trick of shooting things down.’ 1943 C. H. Ward-Jackson It's a Piece of Cake 54 Shot down in flames, hopelessly beaten at anything. 1948 Daily Tel. 26 May 4/5 Another enemy aircraft was shot down in flames. 1958 Times 18 Dec. 11/4 To be shot down in flames may be an exaggerated description of getting the worse of an argument. 1959 Listener 3 Sept. 351/1 This is the way in which we shoot down cosmological theories. 1962 J. F. Powers Morte d'Urban iv. 98 He had no choice but to shoot the woman down. 1969 M. O'Brine Mills xi. 43 She, herself, had been a little shocked by his answer, but had secretly enjoyed seeing Eileen shot down in flames. 1977 R.A.F. News 11 May 8/6 He saw..Baron von Richtofen, shot down. 1981 J. B. Hilton Playground of Death vi. 81 Please shoot me down in flames if you think I'm making a bloody idiot of myself. extracted from shootv. < as lemmas
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