| 释义 |
swatching, vbl. n.|ˈswɒtʃɪŋ|
[Origin unknown.]
A method of taking seals: see quot. 1901.
1883Fisheries Exhib. Catal. (ed. 4) 175 Swatching and Trolling Old Hoods. 1901W. T. Grenfell in Blackw. Mag. Nov. 692/1 Many seals are taken by the process known as ‘swatching’... On finding a clear piece of water, called a ‘pond’, we built a shelter of ice, called a ‘gaze’. Here one sits and waits till a seal puts up his head. |