| 单词 | to shoot nipshot |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto shoot (also play) nipshot to shoot (also play) nipshot: to miss the mark, to misfire (literal and figurative). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] > specifically of an action or plan failc1394 misfare1489 fro1559 to shoot nipshot1568 miscarry1589 languefya1734 misfire1942 1568 King Berdok 12 in D. Laing Anc. Poetry Scotl. 269 Weill cowd he..bend ane aiprim bow, and nipschot schute. 1646 R. Baillie Let. 31 Mar. (1841) II. 362 Our great hope on earth, the City of London, has played nipshott; they are speaking of dissolving the Assemblie. c1650 J. Row & J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 395 Now of thir Canons, one said merrilie, that all the Bishops' cannons were poysoned, they would misgive, and shoot nipshot. < as lemmas |
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