单词 | over-netted |
释义 | over-nettedadj. rare. Of an area or a fish population: overfished by excessive use of nets. ΚΠ 1884 Fortn. Rev. Sept. 310 The supply of worked-out, failing, over-netted, high-priced rivers..is falling shorter and ever shorter of the demand. 1901 Times 15 Jan. 5/5 The salmon were not obstructed by dams, bothered by sawdust, or over netted. 1995 Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) (Nexis) 28 Sept. 26 a Wouldn't it be wonderful if our coasts became over-netted and the unwelcome invaders became rare, if not extinct? This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1884 |
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