英语词汇“small game”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(a) Indicating the extent to which something depends on the outcome of the game, or the magnitude of the stakes played for, as †great (also small, high, low) game. Frequently figurative and in figurative contexts.

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?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. liii^v A poore man..woll play as great game..as gentylmen were wont to do.

?1643 J. Vicars God on Mount 179 The Divell, who..is willing to play at small games, rather than sit out and bee idle.

1673 H. Hickman Hist. Quinq-articularis 483 In all the third Part, our Historian is put to horrible shifts, and plaies a very low game indeed.

1775 J. Macpherson Orig. Papers II. 509 To sacrifice all his fortune, and expose himself to the resentment of France, of the Pretender, and of the Queen's ministry, was playing a very high game.

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth i, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 13 You are playing a high game, look you play it fairly.

1894 M. Creighton Hist. Papacy V. 254 He [sc. Clement VII] had cast his little stake on the board where two gamesters were playing a high game.

1920 G. Dilnot Suspected xiv. 121 Eston never played a small game, save on those exceptional cases, when it was a question of bread and butter... It was a big stake here.

1999 R. Shannon Gladstone II. ii. 52 The point..was that Victoria was perfectly prepared to play a high game.

small game n. small animals hunted as game; in later use frequently attributive; cf. big game n. at big adj. and adv. Compounds 2.In early use occasionally as a count noun.

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the world > food and drink > hunting > thing hunted or game > [noun]

preya1250

gamec1330

chase1393

waitha1400

purchasea1450

small gamec1474

quarryc1500

gibier1514

meat1529

hunt-beast1535

hunt1588

course1607

felon1735

ground-game1872

c1474 in J. B. Sheppard Christ Church Lett. (1877) 26 William your Parker abidith still, but I have sett a counteroller uppon him..and I dowte not ther shall nether great game nor small game be taken away without I shall have knowliche of the same.

1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. ii. xv. f. 89/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I How many families also these great and small games (for so most keepers call them) haue eaten vp.

1790 E. Helme tr. F. Le Vaillant Trav. Afr. I. 202 The woods furnish small game in abundance: buffaloes, and sometimes elephants, are also found in them.

1859 W. Burrows Adventures Mounted Trooper 97 They can throw this spear a distance of eighty or a hundred yards with surprising accuracy. It is used for killing small game.

1974 J. C. Ewers in J. Billard World of Amer. Indian 268 (caption) Severe winters thwarted even small-game hunting.

2012 Pittsburgh Post-Gaz. (Nexis) 26 Aug. d13 My dad was a small game hunter, and he always wore their tail feathers in his hunting cap.

单词	small game
释义	> as lemmas great (also small, high, low) game (a) Indicating the extent to which something depends on the outcome of the game, or the magnitude of the stakes played for, as †great (also small, high, low) game. Frequently figurative and in figurative contexts. ΚΠ ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. liii^v A poore man..woll play as great game..as gentylmen were wont to do. ?1643 J. Vicars God on Mount 179 The Divell, who..is willing to play at small games, rather than sit out and bee idle. 1673 H. Hickman Hist. Quinq-articularis 483 In all the third Part, our Historian is put to horrible shifts, and plaies a very low game indeed. 1775 J. Macpherson Orig. Papers II. 509 To sacrifice all his fortune, and expose himself to the resentment of France, of the Pretender, and of the Queen's ministry, was playing a very high game. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth i, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 13 You are playing a high game, look you play it fairly. 1894 M. Creighton Hist. Papacy V. 254 He [sc. Clement VII] had cast his little stake on the board where two gamesters were playing a high game. 1920 G. Dilnot Suspected xiv. 121 Eston never played a small game, save on those exceptional cases, when it was a question of bread and butter... It was a big stake here. 1999 R. Shannon Gladstone II. ii. 52 The point..was that Victoria was perfectly prepared to play a high game. extracted from gamen. small game small game n. small animals hunted as game; in later use frequently attributive; cf. big game n. at big adj. and adv. Compounds 2.In early use occasionally as a count noun. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > thing hunted or game > [noun] preya1250 gamec1330 chase1393 waitha1400 purchasea1450 small gamec1474 quarryc1500 gibier1514 meat1529 hunt-beast1535 hunt1588 course1607 felon1735 ground-game1872 c1474 in J. B. Sheppard Christ Church Lett. (1877) 26 William your Parker abidith still, but I have sett a counteroller uppon him..and I dowte not ther shall nether great game nor small game be taken away without I shall have knowliche of the same. 1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. ii. xv. f. 89/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I How many families also these great and small games (for so most keepers call them) haue eaten vp. 1790 E. Helme tr. F. Le Vaillant Trav. Afr. I. 202 The woods furnish small game in abundance: buffaloes, and sometimes elephants, are also found in them. 1859 W. Burrows Adventures Mounted Trooper 97 They can throw this spear a distance of eighty or a hundred yards with surprising accuracy. It is used for killing small game. 1974 J. C. Ewers in J. Billard World of Amer. Indian 268 (caption) Severe winters thwarted even small-game hunting. 2012 Pittsburgh Post-Gaz. (Nexis) 26 Aug. d13 My dad was a small game hunter, and he always wore their tail feathers in his hunting cap. extracted from smalladj.n.² < as lemmas
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