shoot-out

noun
🔊/ˈʃuːt aʊt/
🔊/ˈʃuːt aʊt/
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  1. a fight that is fought with guns until one side is killed or defeated你死我活的枪战
    • He was killed in a shoot-out in a Chicago hotel room.他在芝加哥旅馆房间的枪战中被杀。
    • The three-day siege began in a bloody shoot-out on Sunday morning.为期三天的攻城行动是在周日上午的血腥枪战中开始的。
    see also penalty shoot-out
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryShoot-out is used after these nouns:
    • penalty
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