| 单词 | taking day |
| 释义 | > as lemmastaking day taking day n. †(a) British Mining colloquial a day on which miners negotiate for pieces of work at a mine (obsolete); (b) Angling a day on which the fish are readily taking the bait (cf. take v. 29). ΚΠ 1836 R. Furness Medicus-Magus i. 22 On Takin-days, when wit and ale were free, He join'd the light duet and merry glee. 1849 Royal Cornwall Gaz. 12 Oct. 5/4 Saturday last was the ‘taking day’, as the miners term it, at Wh. Fortune mine. 1865 A. S. Moffat Secrets of Angling 149 It is rather troublesome to bait—a drawback which puts the angler's patience sadly to the test, especially on a taking day. 1938 T. H. White Burke's Steerage ii. vi. 100 Elated with this success—it is evidently a taking day—you hurry off to Gowrie's Pot..in the certainty that you are going to find a fish there too. 1965 Guardian 9 July 7/7 Many good salmon fishermen..can smell a good taking day. < as lemmas |
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