shotgun

/ˈʃɑtɡʌn/ 名词 C1

中文：霰弹枪、散弹枪、猎枪

A gun which fires loads typically consisting of small metal balls, called shot, from a cartridge. (countable, uncountable) · The farmer's son brought home a Thanksgiving turkey from the wild that he killed with his shotgun.
The front passenger seat in a vehicle, next to the driver; so called because the position of the shotgun-armed guard on a horse-drawn stage-coach, wagon train, or gold transport was next to the driver on a forward-mounted bench seat. Can also be used in situations of claiming other resources such as bedrooms. (countable, slang, uncountable) · I call shotgun!· I call shotgun!
A one-story dwelling with no hallways or corridors, with the rooms arranged in a straight line. (US, countable, uncountable) · Elvis Presley was born in a two-bedroom shotgun in Tupelo, Mississippi.
An offensive formation in which the quarterback receives the snap at a distance behind the center, often with a running back set to one or both sides of him. (countable, uncountable)
Relating to shotguns, either in a present or past sense. (countable, uncountable) · shotgun cartridges· shotgun seat
Relating to the threat of force or dubious means. (countable, uncountable) · shotgun wedding· shotgun diplomacy
Relating to the use of numerous, diverse or indiscriminate means to achieve a particular result. (countable, uncountable) · shotgun marketing· shotgun approach

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The big man had been wakened by the noise, and had fired both barrels of a shotgun into Nag just behind the hood.

It mentioned that his injuries had been in the head, from the discharge of a shotgun.

Lying across his chest was a curious weapon, a shotgun with the barrel sawed off a foot in front of the triggers.

“No doubt it is an American shotgun,” White Mason continued.

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