potshotyoudaoicibaDictYouDict[potshot 词源字典]
potshot: [19] A potshot was originally a shot taken at an animal or bird simply in order to kill it for food – in order to get it into the ‘pot’, in other words – rather than in accordance with the strict code and precise techniques of shooting as a ‘sport’. Indeed to begin with it was distinctly a contemptuous term among the hunting and shooting fraternity. But gradually it broadened out in meaning to any ‘casually aimed shot’.
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PotsdamyoudaoicibaDictYouDict
town in Germany, first recorded 993 as Poztupimi; the name is Slavic, the first element is po "by near," the second element evidently was influenced by Dutch names in -dam. The Potsdam Conference of the victorious Allies in World War II was held July 17-Aug. 2, 1945, to decide the fate of Germany.
potsherd (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
early 14c., from pot (n.1) + Middle English schoord, from Old English sceard (see shard).
potshot (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
also pot-shot, 1836, "shot taken at animal simply to 'get it in the pot,' not for sport or marksmanship;" from pot (n.1) + shot (n.). Extended sense of "opportunistic criticism" first recorded 1926. Compare pot-hunter "one who shoots whatever he finds; one who kills for food not for sport."
fleshpotsyoudaoicibaDictYouDict
"Places providing luxurious or hedonistic living", Early 16th century: with biblical allusion to the fleshpots of Egypt (Exod. 16:3).