| 单词 | shooting-ground |
| 释义 | > as lemmasshooting-ground shooting-ground n. (a) = sense 1d; (b) that part of a gun-factory where rifles, etc. are tested; (c) a place where rubbish is shot. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > [noun] > shooting area shooting-ground1835 shoot1861 rough shoot1883 rough-shooting1899 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > clearing of refuse matter > refuse disposal > [noun] > place for disposing of refuse Tophet1382 shooting-ground1835 shoot1851 dumping-ground1857 dump1872 toom1882 dust-shoot1883 coup1886 nuisance ground1889 tip1890 society > armed hostility > military equipment > production and development of arms > [noun] > manufacture of firearms and ammunition > testing > place for testing proof house1712 proof1761 shooting-ground1835 1835 J. J. Audubon Ornithol. Biogr. III. 37 There is no lack of shooting grounds, for every creek of salt-water swarms with Marsh Hens. 1843 Knickerbocker Mag. 21 121 A gentleman who had asked his advice about the shooting-ground. 1859–61 E. B. Ramsay Reminisc. Sc. Life (1870) vi. 187 A young Englishman had taken a Scottish shooting-ground. 1868 C. B. Norton & W. J. Valentine Rep. to Govt. U.S. on Munitions of War at Paris Universal Exhib. 1867 37 The shooting-grounds of the Woolwich Arsenal. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 24 May 11/1 Australia has been for too many years already the shooting ground of Europe's rubbish. 1897 Outing Mar. 536/2 A shooting friend..and myself were staying at a farmhouse, near the shooting-grounds. < as lemmas |
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