单词 | rut time |
释义 | > as lemmasrut time rut time n. the time of an animal's rut. ΚΠ 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Ruité, thats killed, or gotten, in rut-time. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) v. v. 13 I am heere a Windsor Stagge, and the fattest (I thinke) i'th Forrest. Send me a coole rut-time (Ioue). 1714 A. Stringer Experienc'd Huntsman 91 I could instance several Bucks that have gone ten, or twelve Miles to Rut and when Rut-time was over would withdraw to the Ground where they lay all Year. 1889 E. Westermarck Orig. Marriage 36 Dr. Mohnike..mentions the occurrence of a rut-time with the Orang-utan. 1942 Amer. Midland Naturalist 28 612 Year old animals [sc. martens], thus about 15 months old, at the rut time, very frequently show no pairing desire. 2005 D. E. Schmidt Whitetail Wisdom ix. 151 Decoying is a fantastic rut-time tactic, but it usually works best when hunting areas with low deer densities. < as lemmas |
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