on the other foot at boot n. —more at FILL V.,
SHAKE V., STEP V.
m verb (shoeing, shod, shod /Jod; NAmE
Ja:d/) [VN] to put one or more horseshoes on a horse tp (
S, )
The horses were sent to the blacksmith to be shod. S,
shoe-box /'JuibDks; NAmE -barks/ noun
1 a box in which you take a pair of new shoes home from a shop H it 2 (disapproving)
a very small house with a square shape and no interesting features, especially
one that is very similar to all the ones around it ( XtfaXM'W
shoe-horn /'Juihoin; NAmE
-horrn/ noun, verb m noun a
curved piece of plastic or metal, used to help your heel slide into a shoe WtWL
m
verb [VN +adv./prep.]
to succeed in putting sth into a small space or a place where it does not fit
very easily fE • • ■ 5j! i§ ®: They managed
to shoehorn the material onto just one CD.
shoe-lace /'Jurleis/ (also lace) {NAmE also shoe-string) noun a long thin piece of
material like string that goes through the holes on a shoe and is used to
fasten it ^ : a pair of shoelaces — gij H o to tie/untie your
shoelaces %. / &?$£?]? 0 Your shoelace is undone. f T o — picture o shoe
shoe-maker /'Ju:meik0(r)/ noun
a person whose job is making shoes and boots E ; UHA — compare cobbler(2) ► shoe-mak-ing
noun [U] shoe-shine /'JurJain/ noun
[u] (especially NAmE) the activity of cleaning people’s shoes for money
( ft M ) : a shoeshine stand on
n
shoe-string /'Juistriq/ noun,
adj.
mnoun {NAmE) = shoelace FiTH on a 'shoestring
{informal) using very little
money 17 J5 7 E7 ft: In the early years, the business was run on a
shoestring. 77,
w.
■
adj. [only before noun] (informal) that
uses very little money ® 7 (ft : The club exists on
a shoestring budget. l-MWS 0 o
.shoestring po'tatoes noun [pi.] {NAmE)
potatoes cut into long thin strips and fried in oil ftHTr 'shoe tree noun an object shaped like
a shoe that you put inside a shoe when you are not wearing it to help the shoe
keep its shape lift
shogun /'Jaugen; NAmE
'Jou-/ noun (in the past) a Japanese military leader ( |0Bt(ft ) 0X1#^
Shona /'Jauna; NAmE 'Jou-/ noun
[U] a language spoken by the Shona peoples of southern Africa, used in Zimbabwe
and other parts of southern Africa 7l iff
shone pt, pp of shine
shonky /'Jnqki; NAmE
'Ja:r)-; Joirj-/ adj. (shonk-ier, shonki-est) {AustralE, NZE, informal) not honest or legal
AM^ift;
shoo /Ju:/ verb,
exclamation
m verb (shoo-ing, shooed,
shooed) [VN]
to make sb/sth go away or to another place, especially by saying ‘shoo’ and
waving your arms and hands ( X^kjfcit} u&rjfW- 7 ) M.X,
MX: He shooed the dog out of the kitchen.
m exclamation used to tell a child or an animal to go
away ( ) Pi, X
shoo-fly pie /.Juiflai 'pai/ noun
[C, U] {NAmE) an open pie filled
with brown sugar and treacle/molasses
Jf Pmtm ( ) PKTETM From the need
to say shoo! to the flies that the sugar attracts. 7 PlX (shoo!) tJcMo
'shoo-in noun ~ (for sth) | ~ (to do sth) {NAmE, informal) a person or team that
will win easily it$II£#lftA (
PA)
Shook pt, pp Of
SHAKE
shoot 0-w /Ju:t/ verb, noun,
exclamation m verb (shot, shot I Sot] NAmE Ja;t/)
►
WEAPON 1
- (sth) (at
sb/sth) |
~ sth (from sth) to
fire a gun or other
weapon; to fire sth from a weapon
ff ( t&^c&flfeM
) ; Uir; tit: [V] Don’t shoot-
I
surrender. £ij Jf jfr 0 troops shooting at
the enemy fti!ftAitXEftnPI7 0 a serious shooting incident f2 £ Eft jfr if X ft O The police rarely shoot to kill {= try to kill the
people they shoot at). — W
0 [VN] He shot an arrow from his bow. 0 They shot the lock off
{= removed it by
shooting). fifefilJfifrfEDttT tto 2 to kill or wound a
person or an animal with a bullet, etc. UX; Mijj: [VN] A man was shot in the leg. -nAAttlt XMMo O He shot himself during a fit of
depression, fife —AFjfrlf
^7o o The guards were ordered to shoot on sight anyone trying to escape. IAS5!]'w 7, 0 [VN-ADJ] Three
people were shot dead during the robbery. HAMAFffrtT^Eo 3 (of a
gun or other weapon imm to fire bullets, etc. (
7## ) : [VN] This is just a toy gun—it doesn’t shoot real bullets. & R £ — X StfWfc XtmM7#o [also V]
►
FOR SPORT ft ft te kfj 4 to hunt and kill
birds and
animals with a gun as a sport
tf ; JT (
[VN] to shoot pheasants 0 [V] They
go shooting in
►
MOVE QUICKLY 1A M # 5 [+adv./prep.] to move
suddenly or quickly in one
direction; to make sb/sth move in this way ( )
17, #, ft, It, 7
^: [V] A plane shot across the sky. XU? 0 0 His
hand shot out to grab her. fife
W. fife # tB 7 A M M 0 0
Flames
were shooting up through the roof. A^lfMI ®±£v 0 {figurative) The
band’s last single shot straight to number one in the charts.
j#ff o [VN] He shot out his hand to
grab her. fMM#E7A«io
►
OF PAIN 6 [V] to move
suddenly and quickly and be
very sharp : a shooting pain in the back
P£Jg!lJS 0 The pain shot up her arm.
M$7±Ao
►
DIRECT AT SB #]|0AAA 7 ~ sth at sb | ~ sb
sth [no passive]
to direct sth at sb
suddenly or quickly - :
[VN, VNN] She shot an angry glance at him. MfSft7,, if 7fi-'0Sc 0 She shot him an angry glance. ,
IS 7 fife - BS o o
[VN] Journalists
were shooting questions at the candidates. iE#^i/l^l/Ifvf^A^tlnL
►
FILM/PHOTOGRAPH F&IZ; M ft 8 to make a film/movie
or photograph of sth : [V] Cameras ready?
OK,
shoot! 7®§?7J, ?fJ0! O [VN] Where
was the movie shot? 0 The
movie was shot in black and white.
& ito
►
IN SPORTS f^WSA/j 9 ~ (at sth) (in football
(soccer),
hockey, etc. , ft fg It ^) to try to kick,
hit or throw the ball into a goal or to score a point ; K M ; [V] He should have shot instead of passing, fife AfA
U H , A ik # ^ o <> [VN] After school we’d be on the
driveway shooting baskets (= playing basketball).
10 m {informal)
(in golf jti A A fA) to make a particular score in a complete round or competition ( A ^ tt ^ 7 ) ^ tb - • : She shot a 75 in the first round, iitfe W,—tfc
►
PLAY GAME iji Wf $. 11 [VN] {especially NAmE to play
particular games ic, JT ( ) : to shoot pool JJ
IM be/get ’shot of sth/sb {BrE, informal) to no longer have
sth; to get rid of sth AA; £g|&; I’ll be
glad to get shot of this car. Jfe fg S ^ 7 0
have
shot your 'bolt (informal) to have used all
your power, money or supplies ffi ^ feff
^ be like
shooting .fish in a 'barrel {informal) used to emphasize how easy it is to do
sth 7£!]f#
5|t: What do you mean you can’t do it? It’ll be
like shooting fish in a barrel! ffti£777
lift :&7!i
/Jn^—®i||! shoot the 'breeze/'bull {NAmE, informal) to have a conversation
in an informal way iA; It]IIP PCT7I chat : We sat around in the bar, shooting the breeze. jMJjtJf&^iiPBJlIlPXo
.shoot from
the 'hip to react quickly without thinking carefully first A M Zj-; .shoot yourself in the 'foot
{informal) to do or say sth that will cause you a
lot of