shoot off A. transitive verb [shoot sth off, shoot off sth] ① (sever) 开枪打掉 kāiqiāng dǎdiào ▸ his arm/foot had been shot off in the war 他的胳膊/脚在战争中被打断了 ② (fire) 鸣 míng ‹gun›; 发射 fāshè ‹missile›B. intransitive verb informal 马上离开 mǎshàng líkāi ▸ I must shoot off now 我必须走了 |