单词 | plover-shooting |
释义 | > as lemmasplover-shooting plover-shooting n. ΚΠ 1848 Spectator 30 Sept. 947/2 The theory of every kind of sport pursued on the continent of North America, from rail and plover shooting, up to the moose, the elk, and the grisly bear of the Rocky Mountains. 1874 J. W. Long Amer. Wild-fowl Shooting iii. 74 Others, who understand plover-shooting better than wild-fowling, say, ‘Wait for them to double’. 1958 Eng. Hist. Rev. 73 114 A good-natured but irascible widower, fonder of good wine and plover-shooting than of profit with risk. < as lemmas |
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