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单词 pearl-fisher
释义 ˈpearl-ˌfisher
One who fishes for pearls.
1748Anson's Voy. ii. viii. 218 Great heaps of shells..left by the pearl-fishers from Panama.1833H. Martineau Cinnamon & Pearls i. 4 He had practised it as a preparation for becoming a pearl-fisher.
So ˈpearl-ˌfishery, (a) the occupation or industry of fishing for pearls; (b) the place where this is carried on, with all its apparatus. ˈpearl-ˌfishing = pearl-fishery a; also attrib.
1667Sprat Hist. R. Soc. 169 The Pearl-fishing is dangerous, being the Divers commonly make their Will, and take leave of their Friends, before they tread the Stone to go down.1694Phil. Trans. XVII. 659 A Letter from Sir Robert Redding..concerning Pearl-Fishing in the North of Ireland.1748Anson's Voy. ii. viii. 218 Having mentioned the pearl-fishery, I must..recite a few particulars relating thereto.1765Hist. in Ann. Reg. 131/2 A very profitable pearl fishery..in the river Spey in Scotland.c1850Arab. Nts. (Rtldg.) 123, I then engaged myself, with the other merchants, in a pearl-fishery, in which I employed many divers on my own account.1902Daily Chron. 2 Oct. 6/4 The pearl fishing trade of Northern Australia.
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