shooting
- n. 射击
- n. 枪击
- Definition
- n. the act of firing a gun
- n. an event where guns are used to kill or hunt
- Example
- We watched a shooting star cross the night sky.
- 我们看着一颗流星划过夜空。
Synonyms & Differences 近义词辨析
Compared meaning: the act of firing a gun (noun).
比较义项：开枪射击的行为（名词）。
- shooting 本词
Shooting usually describes the act or incident of gunfire as an event, especially a violent one reported in the news, rather than a single discrete discharge.
shooting 通常指开枪这一行为或事件本身，尤其是新闻中报道的暴力枪击事件，而不是指某一次具体的开枪动作。
Police are investigating a shooting that happened near the mall last night.
警方正在调查昨晚商场附近发生的一起枪击事件。
- shot
A shot is one single, countable act of firing a gun, as in counting how many times someone fired.
shot 指某一次具体的、可数的开枪动作，比如统计某人开了几枪。
He fired a warning shot into the air to scare off the intruder.
他朝空中开了一枪示警，想吓跑闯入者。
Both can mean 'firing a gun'. Shooting describes the act or event of gunfire, in news reports, not a single discharge. Shot is one countable act of firing, counted individually. Not covered: shooting's 'falling star' and 'filming' senses, shot's 'throw', 'injection', 'photo', and 'try'.
这两个词都可以指开枪射击的行为，但用法不同：shooting 常指一次枪击事件或开枪这一行为本身，尤其用于新闻中报道的暴力事件；shot 指某一次具体的开枪动作，可数，强调“一枪”。此处不比较 shooting 的其他义项（如“流星”shooting star、“拍摄电影”）和 shot 的其他义项（如“投篮/射门”“注射”“照片”“尝试”）。