| 单词 | bay whaling |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbay whaling bay whaling n. a method of whaling in the shore waters of Australia and New Zealand using land-based stations; formerly called shore whaling. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > whaling and seal-hunting > whaling > [noun] > shore-whaling shore-whaling1841 bay whaling1850 1850 H. T. Cheever Whale & his Captors vi. 99 Bay whaling, which destroys the cows about the time of calving. 1853 G. B. Earp N.Z. vii. 95 [The] whale fishery [was] carried on chiefly on the coasts of the northern and middle island by means of boats—a method technically called ‘bay-whaling’, these animals frequenting the coasts in great numbers during the breeding season. 1905 W. Baucke Where White Man Treads 75 An old-time bay whaling station consisted..of at least two boats. 1933 F. D. Ommaney Whaling in N.Z. in Discov. Rep. VII. 243 Much of the Right whale industry was carried on by the method known as ‘bay whaling’. This branch of the fishery derived its name from the Right whales' habit of entering shallow bays and inlets of the coast for the purpose of..calving. < as lemmas |
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