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shoots of [plant]
shoot 作名词表示植物新长出的茎或芽，常用复数 shoots。
The first shoots of the daffodils appeared in March.
三月里出现了第一批水仙花的嫩芽。
摄影；拍照
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摄影；拍照
A session in which photographs are taken.
The first shoots of the daffodils appeared in March.
三月里出现了第一批水仙花的嫩芽。
新植物长出的茎和胚叶。
The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.
摄影拍摄。
A photography session.
狩猎或射击比赛。
A hunt or shooting competition.
射击行为；发射导弹；开枪。
The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot.
The young shoots in the garden need more water.
花园里的嫩芽需要更多的水。
After the rain, tiny green shoots appeared above the ground.
雨后，地面上冒出了嫩绿的新芽。
Pinch off the top shoot to make the plant grow fuller.
掐掉顶端的嫩枝，能让植物长得更茂盛。
shoot 作名词表示植物新长出的茎或芽，常用复数 shoots。
The first shoots of the daffodils appeared in March.
三月里出现了第一批水仙花的嫩芽。
此处 shoot 指一次拍摄活动，常与 photo、fashion 等搭配。
She has a photo shoot tomorrow morning.
她明天上午有一个摄影拍摄。
此义指狩猎或射击活动。
The hunters went on a shoot last weekend.
猎人们上周末去进行了一次狩猎。
Not this
The bamboo has many new shoot in spring.
Use this
The bamboo has many new shoots in spring.
shoot 作名词表示“嫩芽、新枝”时是可数名词，many 后必须用复数形式 shoots；汉语名词没有复数变化，所以容易漏掉词尾 -s。
Not this
We had a photo shot at the new studio.
Use this
We had a photo shoot at the new studio.
photo shoot 是固定搭配，指一次摄影拍摄活动；shot 作名词指一张照片、一个镜头或一次开枪，不能用来表示“拍摄活动”。所以这里应把 photo shot 改成 photo shoot。
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竹笋
Bamboo shoots are a common ingredient in many Asian dishes.
竹笋是许多亚洲菜肴中常见的食材。
照片拍摄；摄影活动
The band did a photo shoot for their new album.
乐队为新专辑进行了一次照片拍摄。
嫩芽；新枝
These young shoots will grow into strong vines by summer.
这些嫩芽到夏天会长成茁壮的藤蔓。
飞碟射击比赛
He practiced for weeks before the local skeet shoot.
他在当地飞碟射击比赛前练习了好几周。
（经济复苏等的）初步迹象
The latest job figures are being seen as green shoots of economic recovery.
最新的就业数据被视为经济复苏的初步迹象。
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联想：shoot 的“射出”贯穿名词义——相机射出照片（拍摄），枪射出子弹（射击），地里射出嫩芽。
语域：mixed 常见场景：植物生长描述、摄影拍摄活动、狩猎或射击活动 shoot 作名词时含义多样：植物学中指新芽，属中性通用表达；摄影和射击语境中多用于行业或日常口语，正式文体常改用 photography session、shooting event 等更具体的说法。使用时需根据语境选择。
The words boot, root, loot, and flute all rhyme with shoot (/ʃuːt/). Shout (/ʃaʊt/) and shot (/ʃɒt/) are useful lookalikes but sound different: shout has the vowel of 'now', and shot has a short o (American /ʃɑːt/).
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