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单词 gamekeeper
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Definition of gamekeeper in English:

gamekeeper

noun ˈɡeɪmkiːpəˈɡeɪmˌkipər
  • A person employed to breed and protect game, typically for a large estate.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In a carefully worded address delivered to the American Game Conference late in 1929, he defended the right of gamekeepers and farmers to protect themselves from avian predators.
    • The best way of improving snaring and trapping practice is by working alongside professional gamekeepers and land managers.
    • That point is illustrated rather vividly by this comparison between the efforts of two gamekeepers on two comparable estates; one in south-east England and one in east England.
    • Findhorn, the eco-spiritual community that espouses love and respect to the earth, plants and animals, has employed a gamekeeper to shoot marauding deer on its land.
    • Like all raptors, they have also been subjected to persecution on some estates by over-zealous gamekeepers.
    • Although dressed in the buckskin of the frontiersman, he travelled in style, accompanied by a gamekeeper from his Angus estate and an Iroquois cook.
    • They were bred for gamekeepers who would use the dog to catch poachers.
    • He was allowed in, but only as a private and served under the command of his own gamekeeper until the Home Guard was disbanded.
    • We called on the estate gamekeeper who invited us into his cottage for a cup of tea.
    • Any job or activity involving repetitive action can contribute: sufferers range from factory workers to gamekeepers to office workers.
    • He had never been challenged by any of the estate gamekeepers but, in general, they were stealing and selling more game than he was and they weren't really bothered about small time poachers like him.
    • But he also points out that the researchers could not use the national minimum wage to calculate the effects on employment, but the juvenile minimum wage, as gamekeepers and estate workers are paid significantly less.
    • A photograph of a wedding taken in the 1950s shows the occupations of those pictured as gamekeepers, hydro-electric workers, laundry maids, cooks and gardeners.
    • They claim it would outlaw the use of terriers to flush foxes out of their holes so they can be shot by waiting gamekeepers during the bird breeding season.
    • They are so lovingly reared and protected by gamekeepers that they might easily mistake themselves for pets.
    • He moved to Yorkshire when his father became a gamekeeper on the Newburgh estate and they lived at Oulston.
    • Down in the River Findhorn valley, below the wind farm site, the wife of the head gamekeeper on the Coignafearn estate, welcomes the campaign of resistance.
    • North Lancashire's wild deer population could have been reduced by as many as 40 animals, gamekeepers have told police officers attempting to snare poachers.
    • Some gamekeepers are employing increasingly desperate measures to keep their estates afloat, according to Scotland's first full-time wildlife crime police officer.
    • It is believed that the shooting party had been for the estate's gamekeepers and friends and had nothing to do with him.

Derivatives

  • gamekeeping

  • noun
    • The noble profession of gamekeeping suffered a terrible blow this week when one of its seasoned practitioners was found guilty of killing birds of prey.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Even for those who do not understand rural life and still cannot stomach the realities of gamekeeping, it is hard to contest that a problem exists with raptor numbers.
      • Re-introduction of certain species may have already taken place, but beyond the rather enclosed worlds of ornithology, gamekeeping and fishing the return of the sea eagle, red kite and vendace has done little to quicken the public pulse.
      • The Young Shots Day, organised by the British Association for Shooting and Conservation, also provided 90 participants with an introduction to the skills of forestry and gamekeeping, gundog training and handling.
      • Game-bird management was introduced to a farm in Leicestershire in central England using a mixture of traditional gamekeeping and conservation methods.
 
 

Definition of gamekeeper in US English:

gamekeeper

nounˈɡeɪmˌkipərˈɡāmˌkēpər
  • A person employed to breed and protect game, typically for a large estate.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Any job or activity involving repetitive action can contribute: sufferers range from factory workers to gamekeepers to office workers.
    • Although dressed in the buckskin of the frontiersman, he travelled in style, accompanied by a gamekeeper from his Angus estate and an Iroquois cook.
    • But he also points out that the researchers could not use the national minimum wage to calculate the effects on employment, but the juvenile minimum wage, as gamekeepers and estate workers are paid significantly less.
    • Like all raptors, they have also been subjected to persecution on some estates by over-zealous gamekeepers.
    • He moved to Yorkshire when his father became a gamekeeper on the Newburgh estate and they lived at Oulston.
    • Some gamekeepers are employing increasingly desperate measures to keep their estates afloat, according to Scotland's first full-time wildlife crime police officer.
    • He had never been challenged by any of the estate gamekeepers but, in general, they were stealing and selling more game than he was and they weren't really bothered about small time poachers like him.
    • That point is illustrated rather vividly by this comparison between the efforts of two gamekeepers on two comparable estates; one in south-east England and one in east England.
    • He was allowed in, but only as a private and served under the command of his own gamekeeper until the Home Guard was disbanded.
    • We called on the estate gamekeeper who invited us into his cottage for a cup of tea.
    • North Lancashire's wild deer population could have been reduced by as many as 40 animals, gamekeepers have told police officers attempting to snare poachers.
    • In a carefully worded address delivered to the American Game Conference late in 1929, he defended the right of gamekeepers and farmers to protect themselves from avian predators.
    • They claim it would outlaw the use of terriers to flush foxes out of their holes so they can be shot by waiting gamekeepers during the bird breeding season.
    • The best way of improving snaring and trapping practice is by working alongside professional gamekeepers and land managers.
    • It is believed that the shooting party had been for the estate's gamekeepers and friends and had nothing to do with him.
    • They were bred for gamekeepers who would use the dog to catch poachers.
    • A photograph of a wedding taken in the 1950s shows the occupations of those pictured as gamekeepers, hydro-electric workers, laundry maids, cooks and gardeners.
    • Findhorn, the eco-spiritual community that espouses love and respect to the earth, plants and animals, has employed a gamekeeper to shoot marauding deer on its land.
    • They are so lovingly reared and protected by gamekeepers that they might easily mistake themselves for pets.
    • Down in the River Findhorn valley, below the wind farm site, the wife of the head gamekeeper on the Coignafearn estate, welcomes the campaign of resistance.
 
 
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