Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Upshot \Up"shot`\, n. [Up + shot, equivalent to scot share,
reckoning. Cf. the phrase to cast up an account.]
Final issue; conclusion; the sum and substance; the end; the
result; the consummation.
[1913 Webster]
I can not pursue with any safety this sport to the
upshot. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
We account it frailty that threescore years and ten
make the upshot of man's pleasurable existence. --De
Quincey.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
upshot
n 1: a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous
phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod
was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences
for business"; "he acted very wise after the event" [syn:
{consequence}, {effect}, {outcome}, {result}, {event},
{issue}, {upshot}]
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
