Word · Frequency #21227
gunshot
射击；开枪
核心释义
the act of discharging a firearm
- 1.
开枪；射击
The act of discharging a firearm.
- 2.
开枪的行为
the act of shooting a gun
- 3.
枪弹可及的距离；射程
The distance to which shot can be thrown from a gun; the reach or range of a gun.
- 4.
A bullet, projectile, or other shot fired from a gun.
枪弹；子弹；射程；开枪；射击；开枪的行为；枪弹可及的距离；射程
用法In use
A stray gunshot broke the kitchen window while we were eating.
用法提示：gunshot 作名词，指从枪中射出的子弹，在句中作主语。
The nurse cleaned the gunshot wound before applying a bandage.
用法提示：gunshot 作名词定语，修饰 wound，表示“由枪弹造成的”。
The first gunshot hit the center of the target.
用法提示：gunshot 作名词，指射出的子弹或一次射击，在句中作主语。
fire a gunshot
fire a gunshot 表示“开一枪”，此处 gunshot 是可数名词，指开枪的行为。
The officer fired a gunshot into the air as a warning.
那名警察朝空中开了一枪以示警告。
be within gunshot of sth
within gunshot of 表示“在……的射程内”，此时 gunshot 为不可数名词，指射程。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- gunshot wound
- 枪伤
- He was treated for a gunshot wound.他因枪伤接受了治疗。
- gunshot residue
- 射击残留物
- Forensic tests found gunshot residue on the victim's clothing.法医检测在受害者衣服上发现了射击残留物。
- within gunshot
- 在射程之内
- The soldiers moved until the enemy was within gunshot.士兵们移动到敌人进入射程之内。
- heard a gunshot
- 听到一声枪响
- I heard a gunshot from the apartment next door.我听到隔壁公寓传来一声枪响。
- gunshot victim
- 枪击受害者
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
gun=枪，shot=射出；想象一枪射出——gun+shot拼在一起，就是枪击/枪声。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：新闻报道、警务报告、射击或狩猎讨论 gunshot 作为名词可指开枪的行为、射出的子弹或射程，属于中性常用词。通常用于新闻报道或警务报告等正式场合，也常见于日常叙述；在射击或狩猎讨论中同样自然。选择时无需特别强调正式或口语程度。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
In General American, shot, hot, and not rhyme (/-ɑːt/), matching the ending of gunshot; gun and sun rhyme (/-ʌn/). Beware the lookalike shoot: it is pronounced /ʃuːt/, not /ʃɑːt/.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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