“hotshot”在英语中的释义

adjective

1. (informal) Highly skilled.

   • He was a hotshot lawyer, with an astounding win-loss record.

2. (informal) Displaying talent.

   • Keep up those hotshot baskets, and the scouts are sure to take notice.

noun

1. (informal) Someone with exceptional skills in a certain field.

   • She sure was a hotshot on the keyboard, 93 words per minute!

2. A type of firefighter highly skilled in wildfire firefighting without external support, using basic tools that are backpacked in and manhandled about.

3. (US) A portable device that is used to jump-start an automobile battery, or the electrical output of such a device.

4. (US, rail transport) A fast freight train.

5. (slang) A dose of recreational drugs deliberately laced with poison.

6. A lethal injection of heroin or another opiate.

verb

1. (transitive, slang) To give (somebody) a dose of recreational drugs deliberately laced with poison.