单词 | shikar |
释义 | shikarn. Anglo-Indian. Hunting; sport (shooting and hunting); game. on shikar, on a hunting expedition, out hunting. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > [noun] huntethc900 huntingc1000 sleatinga1122 purchasec1325 veneryc1330 venation1386 venison1390 the chase?a1400 chasing?a1400 waithc1400 huntc1405 vanchasea1425 enchase1486 vaunt-chase1575 field sport1580 shikara1613 huntsmanshipa1631 cynegetics1646 sport of kings1735 game hunting1823 blood sport1893 the world > food and drink > hunting > [adverb] > out hunting on shikar1944 a1613 W. Finch in Purchas Pilgrims (1625) I. 430 What~soeuer is taken in this inclosure, is called the Kings Sikar or game, whether men or beasts. 1800 Duke of Wellington Let. to T. Munro 2 Mar. in Dispatches (1834) I. 42 These [horsemen] divided into two or three small parties..would give a proper shekar; and I strongly advise you not to let the Marhatta boundary stop you in the pursuit of your game when you shall once have started it. 1872 ‘Aliph Cheem’ Lays of Ind (1876) 181 They talked..Of divers local matters, acting, racing, and shikar. 1886 R. Kipling To Unknown Goddess in Departm. Ditties 2 A victim of crafty and cautious shikar. 1944 J. Corbett Man-eaters of Kumaon 186 Of all the men I have been on shikar with Ibbotson is by far and away the best. 1955 Times 14 May 10/5 His service in the Indian Army and his periods of leave, which were almost invariably spent on shikar, developed his eye for country and his taste for natural history. Compounds attributive and in other combinations. ΚΠ 1872 E. Braddon Life in India v. 181 He is free to spend his days in the saddle or on the shikar ground. 1883 Ld. Saltoun Scraps II. 175 A pair of light cord or dungaree breeches, and long yellow sambur-skin boots, complete the shikar costume. 1883 Ld. Saltoun Scraps II. 241 Followed by my shikar-cart. 1896 B. M. Croker Village Tales 4 About a dozen shikar parties have been got up for his destruction. 1896 B. M. Croker Village Tales 72 You may have the shikar camel. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020). shikarv. a. intransitive. To hunt animals for sport. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunt [verb (intransitive)] huntc1000 chasec1320 sporta1635 to go out1749 shikar1872 1872 ‘Aliph Cheem’ Lays of Ind (1876) 155 You may divert your mind with much shikarring. 1905 A. I. R. Glasfurd Rifle in Indian Jungle 344 The more or less hilly country in which the writer has shikar'd. b. transitive. To hunt (an animal). Also transferred. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunt [verb (transitive)] huntc1000 chasec1330 teisec1400 work1568 drive1622 call1768 rattle1829 shikar1882 1882 E. A. Floyer Unexplored Baluchistan 58 My camel was very ‘musty’, and I involuntarily ‘shikarred’ three unfortunate individuals whom we met on the road, to their great terror. 1883 Chambers's Jrnl. 22 Dec. 808/2 A pretty green lizard used to come every forenoon, shikarring ants and other insects. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < |
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