| 词汇 | became shot |
| 词源 | became shot. Killed by being shot. According to James Michener in his novel Centennial (1974), a cowboy “would ride up and warn you not to trespass on his watering rights, and if you persisted . . . one day you became shot. That was the phrase they used.” |
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