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单词 potshot
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
pot•shot /ˈpɑtˌʃɑt/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. a shot fired without careful aim:firing potshots at passing motorists.
  2. criticism delivered without careful thought.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
pot•shot  (pot′shot′),USA pronunciation n., v., -shot or -shot•ted, -shot•ting. 
n. 
    1. a shot fired at game merely for food, with little regard to skill or the rules of sport.
    2. a shot at an animal or person within easy range, as from ambush.
    3. a casual or aimless shot.
    4. a random or incidental criticism:to take a potshot at military spending in a speech on taxation.

    v.i. 
    1. to fire or aim potshots:critics potshotting at the administration.
    • pot1 + shot1 1855–60

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
pot shot n
  1. a chance shot taken casually, hastily, or without careful aim
  2. a shot fired to kill game in disregard of the rules of sport
  3. a shot fired at quarry within easy range, often from an ambush
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