| 单词 | catching hook |
| 释义 | > as lemmascatching hook catching hook n. (a) a crochet hook (obsolete rare); (b) a hook used to catch an animal (esp. a chicken). ΚΠ 1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 503/1 Catching-hook, a crochet-hook. A crook or animal-catching hook. 1907 J. E. Rice & R. C. Lawry New Poultry Appliances (Bull. Cornell Univ. Agric. Exper. Station No. 248) 226 Catching-hooks..save time in catching fowls and prevent much of the fright and injury which usually occurs on such occasions. 2009 J. L. Megyesi Joy keeping Chickens v. 121 A simple tool that is useful in catching timid hens is a catching hook, made up of a piece of sturdy wire that is hooked at the end. < as lemmas |
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