SHOOT


Meaning of SHOOT in English

I.

noun

1 new part of a plant

ADJECTIVE

▪ fresh , green , new , tender , young

▪ growing

▪ flowering , leafy

▪ lateral , side

▪ bamboo

VERB + SHOOT

▪ have

This plant has no ~s yet.

▪ develop , produce , put out ( esp. BrE ), put up ( esp. AmE ), send out , send up ( esp. AmE )

These shrubs will need more light to produce flowering ~s.

SHOOT + VERB

▪ appear , come up , develop , emerge , grow

Keep the bulbs in a cool dark place until ~s appear.

2 occasion when you photograph sb/sth

ADJECTIVE

▪ commercial , cover , fashion , film ( esp. BrE ), magazine , movie ( esp. AmE ), photo , photographic ( BrE ), video

a cover ~ for the September issue of Cosmopolitan

a five-day photo ~ in Cyprus

▪ location

▪ night

an outdoor night ~ on a balcony in Prague

▪ one-day , two-day , etc.

PREPOSITION

▪ on a/the ~

He goes out on photo ~s with very little equipment.

II.

verb

ADVERB

▪ accurately , straight

She trained for days until she could ~ straight.

▪ accidentally

He accidentally shot himself in the foot.

▪ fatally

Four policemen were fatally shot in the incident.

▪ summarily

If caught, the men could be summarily shot as spies.

▪ back

The soldiers shot back at invading planes with rifles.

▪ down

The airliner was shot down near Korea.

VERB + SHOOT

▪ want to

▪ threaten to

▪ be about to , be going to

I thought for a moment that he was going to ~.

▪ try to

PREPOSITION

▪ at

The soldiers were ~ing at a target.

▪ in

He was shot in the back.

▪ into

Troops shot into the air to stop the rioting.

▪ with

She was shot with a small automatic pistol.

PHRASES

▪ ~ (sb) on sight

Any intruders will be shot on sight.

▪ ~ sb dead

The police shot him dead.

Twenty wolves have been shot dead in Alaska.

▪ ~ to kill

The soldiers were told to ~ to kill.

a shoot-to-kill policy

▪ shot and killed

Four protestors were shot and killed by police.

▪ shot to death

She was shot to death for a crime she did not commit.

Shoot is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ arrow , ↑ bullet , ↑ cannon , ↑ eye , ↑ flame , ↑ gun , ↑ photographer , ↑ troops

Shoot is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ adaptation , ↑ arrow , ↑ basket , ↑ beam , ↑ bow , ↑ bullet , ↑ cannon , ↑ demonstrator , ↑ elephant , ↑ episode , ↑ film , ↑ firework , ↑ glance , ↑ glare , ↑ gun , ↑ heroin , ↑ laser , ↑ look , ↑ model , ↑ movie , ↑ photograph , ↑ rabbit , ↑ rocket , ↑ round , ↑ scene , ↑ sequence , ↑ spark , ↑ vermin , ↑ video

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .