看美剧学英语高频短语：Shotgun

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Shotgun: a phrase called out by someone who claims the privilege of riding in a car's passenger seat. To ride in the front passenger seat, ride shotgun means  sit in the front seat next to the drive.
As in I want to ride shotgun so I don’t have to sit back there with those guys.

中文释义：shotgun：副驾驶位。riding shotgun 就是坐在副驾驶座位。 这种说法起源于美国西部历史，那时驾马车的人坐在右边，路上会经常有劫匪，所以，总要有一个人坐在左边副驾驶位置手里拿一杆枪，以防万一。从此以后，坐在车的副驾驶位子是就叫做ride shotgun。在美国这是一个坐车的人都喜欢的位子，所以如果有好几个人坐车的话，你要是想抢副驾驶的位子，就要call shotgun, 即：我坐副驾驶位子！