| 释义 |
shoot·ing
\ˈshüd.]iŋ, -üt], ]ēŋ\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English sheting, shoting, shuting, from gerund of sheten, shoten, shuten to shoot
1.
a. : the act or practice or a performance of one that shoots
< expert rifle shooting >
< best in the league at foul shooting >
b. : a wounding or killing with a firearm
< a mysterious shooting at a summer resort >
specifically : the killing of game with a gun : hunting
c. chiefly Britain
(1) : the right to shoot game in a given area
(2) : the area designated
2. : a sensation of darting pain
3.
a. : sprouting or rapid growth (as of a plant); also : a shoot or cluster of shoots
b. : the period in the growth of various plants (as grasses and cereal grains) when the flowering and fruiting stem develops
4. : the issue of spicules in crystallization
5. : blasting |