English Dictionary

shotgun

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈʃɒtɡʌn/

名詞

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(firearms) A gun which fires loads typically consisting of small metal balls, called shot, from a cartridge.

日本語の意味

散弾銃 – 弾倉に装填された弾丸の代わりに、複数の小さな金属球（散弾）を発射する火器

He slung a shotgun over his shoulder as he walked through the marsh at dawn.

彼は夜明けに沼を歩きながら、肩に散弾銃を掛けていた。

意味（1）

(firearms) A gun which fires loads typically consisting of small metal balls, called shot, from a cartridge.

Meat was cooked up within hours after the hunter killed the deer with his shotgun.

意味（2）

(slang) 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.

I call shotgun! ― I claim the right to sit in the passenger seat.

意味（3）

(US, especially Southern US) A one-story dwelling with no hallways or corridors, with the rooms arranged in a straight line.

Elvis Presley was born in a two-bedroom shotgun in Tupelo, Mississippi.

意味（4）

(American football) 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.

意味（5）

(attributive, as a modifier) Relating to shotguns, either in a present or past sense.

shotgun cartridges

意味（6）

(attributive, as a modifier) Relating to the threat of force or dubious means.

shotgun wedding

意味（7）

(attributive, as a modifier) Relating to the use of numerous, diverse or indiscriminate means to achieve a particular result.

shotgun marketing

shotguns （ plural ）