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单词 angling
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anglingn.1

Brit. /ˈaŋɡl̩ɪŋ/, /ˈaŋɡlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈæŋɡ(ə)lɪŋ/
Forms: see angle v.2 and -ing suffix1; also 1600s angleing.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: angle v.2, -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < angle v.2 + -ing suffix1.
1. The action or pastime of fishing with a rod and line.fly-, night-, sea-angling, etc.: see the first element.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [noun] > angling
anglingc1450
the gentle craft1828
the gentle art1834
Waltonizing1841
sportfishing1910
sportfishery1930
c1450 Treat. Fysshynge wyth Angle (1883) 1 (MED) Good disportes and honest gamys..fyschyng, namely anglyng with a rod or a yarde, a lyne and a hoke.
c1475 MS Sloane 4 in Notes & Queries (1864) 2 July 4 (MED) Beyts for Angling..ye blacke fly, ye eruyge.
1577 Arte of Angling sig. Avii Angling is neither an occupation, nor a craft, but an art.
1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 90 The ende of fishing is catching, not angling.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) ii. v. 16 When You wager'd on your Angling . View more context for this quotation
1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler xiii. 246 Hate contentions, and love quietnesse, and vertue, and Angling . View more context for this quotation
1714 R. North Disc. Fish & Fish-ponds (new ed.) ix. 25 For Angling, and the sporting Part of Net-fishing.
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 479 Amusing to those who are fond of angling.
1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XIII cvi. 108 Angling too, that solitary vice, Whatever Izaak Walton sings or says.
1887 S. Smiles Life & Labour 332 It must..be admitted that angling is a very ‘slow’ amusement to persons of active habits.
1902 Westm. Gaz. 17 Oct. 10/1 The American pondweed seems to be playing havoc with angling in Loch Leven.
1974 P. Wright Lang. Brit. Industry vii. 63 The worker pursuing his weekend hobby of angling.
2005 J. Hughson et al. Uses of Sport i. 24 Sports arguably bearing an apparent closeness to nature—angling and shooting are the given examples.
2. figurative (see angle v.2 2).In early use frequently as part of an extended metaphor.
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the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > crafty dealing > soliciting or eliciting something
angling1597
weaselling1956
1597 N. Breton Wits Trenchmour sig. B4 This last kinde of angling is onely in conceit, where wit lacking vnderstanding, layeth his baite in a dreame, to catch a foole, when he is awake.
a1668 W. Davenant Law against Lovers iii, in Wks. (1673) 297 This angling for LadiesIs a very subtle sport.
1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 91 Jet and straw, loadstone and iron, with some others of that hooking kind: where, setting aside their angling and groping one for another, etc.
a1777 S. Foote Maid of Bath (1778) iii. i. 64 He used to be more expert in his angling, for what female on earth can be got to catch this bait?
1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone I. xxviii. 329 Have I caught you, little fish? Or must all my life be spent in hopeless angling for you?
1954 J. Carswell Old Cause xvi. 273 Time and again shameless angling for place is excused by a reference to the need to provide for the heir.
1998 Hist. Jrnl. 41 304 He was burnishing his reputation..well before he gave up either his attempt to get royal government for Pennsylvania or his angling for a post.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.
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1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Angling gad, or rodde, pertica.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Angling Fly. See Fishing Fly.
1859 Times 10 May 3/6 (advt.) Angling books, the largest stock in the world.
1887 Fishing Gaz. 30 July 61/2 Good Intent Angling Society. The members will fish a peg-down match at Waltham, on August 7th.
1940 Times 27 Apr. 2/7 Christie's will sell a selection of angling books from the late Mr. Gilbey's library.
1965 E. J. F. Wood in A. Wrangler Newnes Compl. Guide Sea Angling 81/2 Most angling clubs have a log or chart displayed in the club room.
1990 Daily Tel. 28 Apr. (Colour Suppl.) 10/1 The bar..is known as the Salmon Lie because of its excellent angling location.
2006 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 8 July 10/1 Claims that the survival of the Mary River cod could be threatened by the Traveston Dam have been rejected by Queensland angling experts.
C2.
angling hook n. a fish hook; also figurative.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > hook > [noun]
angleeOE
hookc950
angle-hooka1382
fish-hooka1387
preen1469
angling hook1549
fishing-hook1725
1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. James iii. 8 It hydeth under the bayte of pleasure, the very angling hoke of death.
1615 G. Markham Countrey Contentments i. x The best substance whereof to make Angling hooks, is either old Spanish needles, or else strong wier.
1871 F. Jacox Script. Texts Illustr. by Gen. Lit. 105 There is a loathsome story of a Mr. Thompson, of Worcester, who baited his angling-hook with part of the corrupted form of King John.
1997 P. Bellwood Prehist. Indo-Malaysian Archipel. (rev. ed.) vii. 230 The Timorese caves have also produced shell beads, bracelets, and one-piece angling hooks.
angling rod n. [compare earlier angle-rod n.] a fishing rod.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > rod > [noun]
angle-rodc1450
rodc1450
angling rod1510
gada1535
fishing-rod1552
angling wand1565
wand1565
pole1577
fishing-pole1791
fish pole1834
fishing-wand1889
1510 J. Stanbridge Vocabula sig. C6v Arundo, an anglyng rod, piscatoria.
?a1549 Inventory Henry VIII (1998) I. 261/1 Item one Angling rodde of rede.
1694 W. Westmacott Θεολοβοτονολογια 164 Of Cane-Reed are our..Angling-Rods or Canes made.
1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion ii. 82 A broken angling-rod . View more context for this quotation
2002 Aberdeen Evening Express (Nexis) 24 Apr. 2 The major's angling rod was found on Monday night half a mile downstream from where he had been fishing.
angling wand n. Obsolete = angling rod n.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > rod > [noun]
angle-rodc1450
rodc1450
angling rod1510
gada1535
fishing-rod1552
angling wand1565
wand1565
pole1577
fishing-pole1791
fish pole1834
fishing-wand1889
1565 Sir W. Cecil in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. II. 296 I dowt not but though yow shall be farr off, yow will use a long anglyng wand to catch some knoledg.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

anglingn.2

Brit. /ˈaŋɡl̩ɪŋ/, /ˈaŋɡlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈæŋɡ(ə)lɪŋ/
Forms: see angle v.1 and -ing suffix1; also 1800s angle-ing (in sense 2).
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: angle v.1, -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < angle v.1 + -ing suffix1.
1. The action of making an angle with (something); the action of positioning at an angle. Also: the fact of having angles, or of being set at an angle; the degree to which a thing is angled.
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the world > space > relative position > inclination > [noun]
hieldinga1340
angling1570
inclination1590
skewing1611
clinamen1704
inclension1751
slant1817
1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. diiij v Certaine..Sterres..their Coniunctions, and Anglynges with the Planetes, &c.
1868 W. B. Adams Railway Pract. & Railway Possibilities 15 To prevent the necessity for the extreme angling of the shackles on sharp curves the springs are pivotted on the axle boxes.
1896 Missouri Bot. Garden Ann. Rep. 37 In the character of the bark,..and size, shape, color, hardness and degree of angling of the nut, differences are met with.
1940 B. Hewitt Art & Craft Play Production vii. 157 (caption) A simplified realistic setting..which achieves an effect of space on a narrow stage chiefly through the angling of the side wall.
1999 Galpin Soc. Jrnl. 52 119 The dimensions and balance point of the keyplank,..the string scalings, the angling of the strings,..were all based on..the Venetian oncia.
2. The action or process of obtaining an angle, based on the flight path of a bee, by which to locate a beehive. Cf. angle v.1 3. Obsolete. rare.
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1848 J. F. Cooper Bee-hunter II. iii. 36 Indians are not expert..on account of the ‘angle-ing’ part of the process.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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