Definition of shoot-'em-up in English:

shoot-'em-up

noun

informal

1A fast-moving story or film of which gunfire is a dominant feature.
Example sentencesExamples
- In the shoot-'em-up, the hero was a hired gunslinger.
- It takes you back to when shoot-'em-ups routinely boasted apocalyptic weaponry and waves of cannon fodder.
- One could be forgiven for anticipating something more momentous than a long shoot-'em-up followed by a glorified fistfight.
- Access to gory shoot-'em-ups will soon be the least of parents' worries.
- There are no hidden messages or Oscar winning performances in the film - it's a simple shoot-'em-up western aimed squarely at the teenage market.
- And while the film may not have the excitement of your average shoot-'em-up action epic, this makes the most of its few action sequences, and makes them count.
- I still haven't gotten around to watching it, because I don't care for shoot-'em-up pictures.
- Suddenly, vapid sloganeering and shoot-'em-up thrillers have assumed pariah status.
- Today they were watching some foreign shoot-'em-up film, perhaps Italian.
- Here's a strikingly photographed, elaborately staged widescreen shoot-'em-up extravaganza that just so happens to take place in a world roughly 3 feet high.
- I was watching one of those shoot-'em-up westerns on TV just this morning.
- When money's involved expect ketchup on the pizza, only this isn't a Mafia movie, it's a homegrown robbers-and-robbers shoot-'em-up.
- This is by no means a hyperkinetic shoot-'em-up but a slow meditation taking its own quiet time to set up its subject.
- Unfortunately, this turns what should be a fun, spaghetti-western style space shoot-'em-up into a race for an open airlock door.
- Although an action cop thriller, this is no run-of-the-mill shoot-'em-up.
- I didn't want it to be an exciting shoot-'em-up action scene.
- Even more unreal than the all-action, shoot-'em-up film that distracted him for a couple of hours.
- These suggest there's some great combat of wills to come, rather than the director's trademark fast-cutting, soundtrack-led shoot-'em-ups.
- Still, as in all good westerns, there are villains in abundance, damsels in distress and whiskey bars galore to hold your interest, although the shoot-'em-up action is nothing we haven't seen before.
- This shoot-'em-up is disjointed and disharmonious nonsense, when even the action sequences lack real energy and have little of the slick, expensive pyrotechnics of his previous efforts.
1. 1.1 A simple video game in which the sole objective is to kill as many enemies as possible.
  Example sentencesExamples
  They deplore the way handguns are portrayed in popular television programs and have little time for computer shoot-'em-up games which, in their view, tend to glorify violence.
  The project took a new turn, and Green and his professor began recruiting keen players of the shoot-'em-up game from the university's campus.
  When I play blood-soaked shoot-'em-up games, the vamped-up violence doesn't really bother me.
  Like gunslingers in their own shoot-'em-up games, top console makers are blasting away with marketing salvoes months before products even hit the shelves.
  As computer games inch beyond shoot-'em-ups into the narrative territory of books and movies I wonder how far the medium can actually go.
  Some people think everything should emulate a computer game and be a fast-moving shoot-'em-up.
  It is ideal for precision work (lining up enemies in shoot-'em-up games, for example) or for use with a laptop on the train.
  Games fans can even enjoy shoot-'em-ups or adventures with sharp colour and nerve-jangling sound effects.
  But now the military's fresh faces can get a bit of the comforts of home - by wasting their pals in an online shoot-'em-up game.
  The player can afford to saunter through the landscape, meandering at a more leisurely pace that would be possible in a competitive shoot-'em-up.
  They are a combination of chess and shoot-'em-ups.
  He watches TV shows and movies, makes phone calls, surfs the Web and plays multiplayer shoot-'em-up games through his high-speed connection - often doing one or more activities at once.
  Unfortunately, most shoot-'em-up games are so shallow that players gain no personal insight, according to the author.
  At night we will sleep at Kadyrov's compound in Gudermes, Chechnya's second city, near an annexe where off-duty militiamen play shoot-'em-up games on computers.

Definition of shoot-'em-up in US English:

shoot-'em-up

nounˈSHo͞odəməpˈʃudəməp

informal

1A fast-moving story or movie, of which gunfire is a dominant feature.
Example sentencesExamples
- Today they were watching some foreign shoot-'em-up film, perhaps Italian.
- It takes you back to when shoot-'em-ups routinely boasted apocalyptic weaponry and waves of cannon fodder.
- Unfortunately, this turns what should be a fun, spaghetti-western style space shoot-'em-up into a race for an open airlock door.
- Although an action cop thriller, this is no run-of-the-mill shoot-'em-up.
- Even more unreal than the all-action, shoot-'em-up film that distracted him for a couple of hours.
- One could be forgiven for anticipating something more momentous than a long shoot-'em-up followed by a glorified fistfight.
- Here's a strikingly photographed, elaborately staged widescreen shoot-'em-up extravaganza that just so happens to take place in a world roughly 3 feet high.
- This shoot-'em-up is disjointed and disharmonious nonsense, when even the action sequences lack real energy and have little of the slick, expensive pyrotechnics of his previous efforts.
- In the shoot-'em-up, the hero was a hired gunslinger.
- Still, as in all good westerns, there are villains in abundance, damsels in distress and whiskey bars galore to hold your interest, although the shoot-'em-up action is nothing we haven't seen before.
- I was watching one of those shoot-'em-up westerns on TV just this morning.
- Suddenly, vapid sloganeering and shoot-'em-up thrillers have assumed pariah status.
- These suggest there's some great combat of wills to come, rather than the director's trademark fast-cutting, soundtrack-led shoot-'em-ups.
- Access to gory shoot-'em-ups will soon be the least of parents' worries.
- I still haven't gotten around to watching it, because I don't care for shoot-'em-up pictures.
- This is by no means a hyperkinetic shoot-'em-up but a slow meditation taking its own quiet time to set up its subject.
- I didn't want it to be an exciting shoot-'em-up action scene.
- And while the film may not have the excitement of your average shoot-'em-up action epic, this makes the most of its few action sequences, and makes them count.
- There are no hidden messages or Oscar winning performances in the film - it's a simple shoot-'em-up western aimed squarely at the teenage market.
- When money's involved expect ketchup on the pizza, only this isn't a Mafia movie, it's a homegrown robbers-and-robbers shoot-'em-up.
1. 1.1 A simple video game in which the sole objective is to kill as many enemies as possible to achieve a high score.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Unfortunately, most shoot-'em-up games are so shallow that players gain no personal insight, according to the author.
  It is ideal for precision work (lining up enemies in shoot-'em-up games, for example) or for use with a laptop on the train.
  The player can afford to saunter through the landscape, meandering at a more leisurely pace that would be possible in a competitive shoot-'em-up.
  Some people think everything should emulate a computer game and be a fast-moving shoot-'em-up.
  Like gunslingers in their own shoot-'em-up games, top console makers are blasting away with marketing salvoes months before products even hit the shelves.
  He watches TV shows and movies, makes phone calls, surfs the Web and plays multiplayer shoot-'em-up games through his high-speed connection - often doing one or more activities at once.
  When I play blood-soaked shoot-'em-up games, the vamped-up violence doesn't really bother me.
  Games fans can even enjoy shoot-'em-ups or adventures with sharp colour and nerve-jangling sound effects.
  They are a combination of chess and shoot-'em-ups.
  At night we will sleep at Kadyrov's compound in Gudermes, Chechnya's second city, near an annexe where off-duty militiamen play shoot-'em-up games on computers.
  But now the military's fresh faces can get a bit of the comforts of home - by wasting their pals in an online shoot-'em-up game.
  As computer games inch beyond shoot-'em-ups into the narrative territory of books and movies I wonder how far the medium can actually go.
  They deplore the way handguns are portrayed in popular television programs and have little time for computer shoot-'em-up games which, in their view, tend to glorify violence.
  The project took a new turn, and Green and his professor began recruiting keen players of the shoot-'em-up game from the university's campus.

单词	shoot-'em-up
释义	Definition of shoot-'em-up in English: shoot-'em-up noun informal 1A fast-moving story or film of which gunfire is a dominant feature. Example sentencesExamples In the shoot-'em-up, the hero was a hired gunslinger. It takes you back to when shoot-'em-ups routinely boasted apocalyptic weaponry and waves of cannon fodder. One could be forgiven for anticipating something more momentous than a long shoot-'em-up followed by a glorified fistfight. Access to gory shoot-'em-ups will soon be the least of parents' worries. There are no hidden messages or Oscar winning performances in the film - it's a simple shoot-'em-up western aimed squarely at the teenage market. And while the film may not have the excitement of your average shoot-'em-up action epic, this makes the most of its few action sequences, and makes them count. I still haven't gotten around to watching it, because I don't care for shoot-'em-up pictures. Suddenly, vapid sloganeering and shoot-'em-up thrillers have assumed pariah status. Today they were watching some foreign shoot-'em-up film, perhaps Italian. Here's a strikingly photographed, elaborately staged widescreen shoot-'em-up extravaganza that just so happens to take place in a world roughly 3 feet high. I was watching one of those shoot-'em-up westerns on TV just this morning. When money's involved expect ketchup on the pizza, only this isn't a Mafia movie, it's a homegrown robbers-and-robbers shoot-'em-up. This is by no means a hyperkinetic shoot-'em-up but a slow meditation taking its own quiet time to set up its subject. Unfortunately, this turns what should be a fun, spaghetti-western style space shoot-'em-up into a race for an open airlock door. Although an action cop thriller, this is no run-of-the-mill shoot-'em-up. I didn't want it to be an exciting shoot-'em-up action scene. Even more unreal than the all-action, shoot-'em-up film that distracted him for a couple of hours. These suggest there's some great combat of wills to come, rather than the director's trademark fast-cutting, soundtrack-led shoot-'em-ups. Still, as in all good westerns, there are villains in abundance, damsels in distress and whiskey bars galore to hold your interest, although the shoot-'em-up action is nothing we haven't seen before. This shoot-'em-up is disjointed and disharmonious nonsense, when even the action sequences lack real energy and have little of the slick, expensive pyrotechnics of his previous efforts. 1.1 A simple video game in which the sole objective is to kill as many enemies as possible. Example sentencesExamples They deplore the way handguns are portrayed in popular television programs and have little time for computer shoot-'em-up games which, in their view, tend to glorify violence. The project took a new turn, and Green and his professor began recruiting keen players of the shoot-'em-up game from the university's campus. When I play blood-soaked shoot-'em-up games, the vamped-up violence doesn't really bother me. Like gunslingers in their own shoot-'em-up games, top console makers are blasting away with marketing salvoes months before products even hit the shelves. As computer games inch beyond shoot-'em-ups into the narrative territory of books and movies I wonder how far the medium can actually go. Some people think everything should emulate a computer game and be a fast-moving shoot-'em-up. It is ideal for precision work (lining up enemies in shoot-'em-up games, for example) or for use with a laptop on the train. Games fans can even enjoy shoot-'em-ups or adventures with sharp colour and nerve-jangling sound effects. But now the military's fresh faces can get a bit of the comforts of home - by wasting their pals in an online shoot-'em-up game. The player can afford to saunter through the landscape, meandering at a more leisurely pace that would be possible in a competitive shoot-'em-up. They are a combination of chess and shoot-'em-ups. He watches TV shows and movies, makes phone calls, surfs the Web and plays multiplayer shoot-'em-up games through his high-speed connection - often doing one or more activities at once. Unfortunately, most shoot-'em-up games are so shallow that players gain no personal insight, according to the author. At night we will sleep at Kadyrov's compound in Gudermes, Chechnya's second city, near an annexe where off-duty militiamen play shoot-'em-up games on computers. Definition of shoot-'em-up in US English: shoot-'em-up nounˈSHo͞odəməpˈʃudəməp informal 1A fast-moving story or movie, of which gunfire is a dominant feature. Example sentencesExamples Today they were watching some foreign shoot-'em-up film, perhaps Italian. It takes you back to when shoot-'em-ups routinely boasted apocalyptic weaponry and waves of cannon fodder. Unfortunately, this turns what should be a fun, spaghetti-western style space shoot-'em-up into a race for an open airlock door. Although an action cop thriller, this is no run-of-the-mill shoot-'em-up. Even more unreal than the all-action, shoot-'em-up film that distracted him for a couple of hours. One could be forgiven for anticipating something more momentous than a long shoot-'em-up followed by a glorified fistfight. Here's a strikingly photographed, elaborately staged widescreen shoot-'em-up extravaganza that just so happens to take place in a world roughly 3 feet high. This shoot-'em-up is disjointed and disharmonious nonsense, when even the action sequences lack real energy and have little of the slick, expensive pyrotechnics of his previous efforts. In the shoot-'em-up, the hero was a hired gunslinger. Still, as in all good westerns, there are villains in abundance, damsels in distress and whiskey bars galore to hold your interest, although the shoot-'em-up action is nothing we haven't seen before. I was watching one of those shoot-'em-up westerns on TV just this morning. Suddenly, vapid sloganeering and shoot-'em-up thrillers have assumed pariah status. These suggest there's some great combat of wills to come, rather than the director's trademark fast-cutting, soundtrack-led shoot-'em-ups. Access to gory shoot-'em-ups will soon be the least of parents' worries. I still haven't gotten around to watching it, because I don't care for shoot-'em-up pictures. This is by no means a hyperkinetic shoot-'em-up but a slow meditation taking its own quiet time to set up its subject. I didn't want it to be an exciting shoot-'em-up action scene. And while the film may not have the excitement of your average shoot-'em-up action epic, this makes the most of its few action sequences, and makes them count. There are no hidden messages or Oscar winning performances in the film - it's a simple shoot-'em-up western aimed squarely at the teenage market. When money's involved expect ketchup on the pizza, only this isn't a Mafia movie, it's a homegrown robbers-and-robbers shoot-'em-up. 1.1 A simple video game in which the sole objective is to kill as many enemies as possible to achieve a high score. Example sentencesExamples Unfortunately, most shoot-'em-up games are so shallow that players gain no personal insight, according to the author. It is ideal for precision work (lining up enemies in shoot-'em-up games, for example) or for use with a laptop on the train. The player can afford to saunter through the landscape, meandering at a more leisurely pace that would be possible in a competitive shoot-'em-up. Some people think everything should emulate a computer game and be a fast-moving shoot-'em-up. Like gunslingers in their own shoot-'em-up games, top console makers are blasting away with marketing salvoes months before products even hit the shelves. He watches TV shows and movies, makes phone calls, surfs the Web and plays multiplayer shoot-'em-up games through his high-speed connection - often doing one or more activities at once. When I play blood-soaked shoot-'em-up games, the vamped-up violence doesn't really bother me. Games fans can even enjoy shoot-'em-ups or adventures with sharp colour and nerve-jangling sound effects. They are a combination of chess and shoot-'em-ups. At night we will sleep at Kadyrov's compound in Gudermes, Chechnya's second city, near an annexe where off-duty militiamen play shoot-'em-up games on computers. But now the military's fresh faces can get a bit of the comforts of home - by wasting their pals in an online shoot-'em-up game. As computer games inch beyond shoot-'em-ups into the narrative territory of books and movies I wonder how far the medium can actually go. They deplore the way handguns are portrayed in popular television programs and have little time for computer shoot-'em-up games which, in their view, tend to glorify violence. The project took a new turn, and Green and his professor began recruiting keen players of the shoot-'em-up game from the university's campus.
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