| 单词 | hotshot |
| 释义 | hotshot (once / 49248 pages) n If you're a hotshot, you're extremely good at one particular thing. A young chess hotshot might win every game within the first few moves. Hotshot is an informal word for an expert or a whiz. The math hotshot in your calculus class is probably the first person whose hand is raised to answer the teacher's question, and several colleges will no doubt try to recruit a high school basketball hotshot. While hotshot gained this meaning in the 1930s, it originally meant "reckless person," and briefly, in the 1920s, "fast train." WORD FAMILYhotshot: hotshots USAGE EXAMPLESSet aside the hotshot offensive gurus and vibrant young defensive minds. Los Angeles Times(Dec 21, 2016) He was trying to impress his pals, like every fifth-grade hotshot. Time(Dec 09, 2016) His first spring training with the Atlanta Braves, when he was a hotshot 19-year-old in 1968, was in West Palm Beach. Washington Times(Dec 07, 2016) n someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field Syn|Hypo|Hyper ace, adept, champion, genius, maven, mavin, sensation, star, superstar, virtuoso, whiz, whizz, wiz, wizard track star a star runner expert a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully |
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