单词 | roosting pond |
释义 | > as lemmasroosting pond roosting pond n. ΚΠ 1860 J. J. Hooper Dog & Gun ix. 69 The hunters..get out with their luggage, late in the afternoon, near some roosting ponds. 1874 J. W. Long Amer. Wild-fowl Shooting ix. 161 In the evening the ducks will be seen coming from the roosting-ponds. 1932 Aiken (S. Carolina) Jrnl. & Rev. 20 Jan. Hunters locate a roosting pond and station themselves by it, shooting the ducks as they fly in. 1999 H. Angel How to photograph Water iv. 98/2 (caption) Sandhill cranes..silhouetted at dawn on roosting pond at Bosque del Apache Refuge, New Mexico. < as lemmas |
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