英语词汇“to shoot from the hip”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

intransitive. Originally U.S. to shoot from the hip: to fire a shot from a handgun instantly after drawing it from a holster, without taking proper aim; (in later use usually figurative) to make a snap decision, to act or react impulsively, intuitively, or spontaneously; spec. to speak hastily, frankly, or without concern for the consequences.

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1869 Galaxy May 739 Point your pistol quickly with your forefinger along the barrel; don't stop to take aim, but shoot at once from the hip.

1911 J. London Inevitable White Man in South Sea Tales 249 They are not used to putting the guns to their shoulders. They wait until they are right on top of a man, and then they shoot from the hip.

1932 W. H. Auden Orators ii. 66 Heathcliffe before you as the newspaper peer: I'm the sea dog, he said, who shall steer this ship.., I succour the State, I shoot from the hip.

1951 Amer. Econ. Rev. 41 92 Sometimes problems can be studied at leisure. Very often, the executive has to shoot from the hip.

1971 Wall St. Jrnl. 30 Apr. 2/3 He's convinced the Nixon administration failed to give enough study to a cost-price squeeze in steel before ‘shooting from the hip’ in criticising recent steel-price increases.

2000 Arena July 17 Arena installed itself as the smartest, coolest, funniest, sexiest, brightest high-roller in the bar and has stayed there living the dream, punching above its weight, shooting from the hip for 100 issues.

单词	to shoot from the hip
释义	> as lemmas to shoot from the hip intransitive. Originally U.S. to shoot from the hip: to fire a shot from a handgun instantly after drawing it from a holster, without taking proper aim; (in later use usually figurative) to make a snap decision, to act or react impulsively, intuitively, or spontaneously; spec. to speak hastily, frankly, or without concern for the consequences. ΚΠ 1869 Galaxy May 739 Point your pistol quickly with your forefinger along the barrel; don't stop to take aim, but shoot at once from the hip. 1911 J. London Inevitable White Man in South Sea Tales 249 They are not used to putting the guns to their shoulders. They wait until they are right on top of a man, and then they shoot from the hip. 1932 W. H. Auden Orators ii. 66 Heathcliffe before you as the newspaper peer: I'm the sea dog, he said, who shall steer this ship.., I succour the State, I shoot from the hip. 1951 Amer. Econ. Rev. 41 92 Sometimes problems can be studied at leisure. Very often, the executive has to shoot from the hip. 1971 Wall St. Jrnl. 30 Apr. 2/3 He's convinced the Nixon administration failed to give enough study to a cost-price squeeze in steel before ‘shooting from the hip’ in criticising recent steel-price increases. 2000 Arena July 17 Arena installed itself as the smartest, coolest, funniest, sexiest, brightest high-roller in the bar and has stayed there living the dream, punching above its weight, shooting from the hip for 100 issues. extracted from shootv. < as lemmas
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