| 释义 |
fishpond|ˈfɪʃpɒnd|
[f. as prec. + pond.]
1. a. A pond in which fish are kept.
c1440Promp. Parv. 163/1 Fisshe ponde, vivarium. 1653Walton Angler ii. 42 An herb Benione, which being hung in a linen cloth near a Fish Pond..makes him [an otter] avoid the place. 1777W. Dalrymple Trav. Sp. & Port. liv, There is a terrass on the south side, with a fish-pond. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 723 A small country seat, surrounded by pleasant gardens and fishponds.
fig.1669Woodhead St. Teresa i. xix. 117 To make so filthy a Fish-pond, as I was, so pure.
b. Applied jocularly to the sea (cf. herring-pond).
1604Dekker Honest Wh. i. Wks. 1873 II. 9 I had not saild a league in that great fishpond but I cast up my very gall. 1661Ogilby His Majesty's Entert. 18 The great Fish⁓pond Shall be thine. 1866G. Macdonald Ann. Q. Neighb. i. 3 Our queer German brothers over the Northern fish-pond.
2. A depression in a card-table to contain ‘fish’ (see fish n.3) or counters.
1785Cowper Let. to Newton 19 Mar., When covered with a table-cloth, the fish-ponds are not easily discerned.
3. A game in which participants try to catch toy fish; also, a receptacle at a fair, etc., from which small parcels can be extracted by means of a fishing-rod.
1892–3T. Eaton & Co. Catal. Fall & Winter 67/2 Games.. Fish ponds. 1904E. Nesbit Phoenix & Carpet iv. 81 Anthea and Jane went off..to fish in the fishpond, and dive into the bran-pie. 1921Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 29 Mar. 6/3 Plain and fancy articles will be on sale, also home cooking and a fish pond. 1939–40Army & Navy Stores Catal. 825/3 Magnetic fishponds..with pond, fishing rods and everything complete. |