| 释义 |
† sharp-shot Obs.
[f. sharp a. + shot n. (in the sense of shooting). (So G. scharfschuss.)]
Firing with shot (as opposed to blank cartridge).
1725Wodrow's Corr. (1843) III. 217 Captain Bushel, unprovoked, and without reading the proclamation,..shot sharp-shot, without the least care, to dispel a poor contemptible mob. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. I. iii. ix, The Torch Procession is met with sharp shot. |
