battue

/ba-too, -tyoo; French ba-ty/US // bæˈtu, -ˈtyu; French baˈtü //UK // (bæˈtuː, -ˈtjuː, French baty) //

攻坚战,攻城掠地,攻城略地,攻坚

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural bat·tues [ba-tooz, -tyooz; French ba-ty]. /bæˈtuz, -ˈtyuz; French baˈtü/. Chiefly British.
- : Hunting. the beating or driving of game from cover toward a stationary hunter.a hunt or hunting party using this method of securing game.
- : undiscriminating slaughter of defenseless or unresisting crowds.

These birds are especially on the spot when the blacks set fire to the bush and organise a big battue.
My hosts had evidently had a recent battue, or fire hunt, for they had a most extraordinary stock of food.
We all now came together, exulting in the fine fortune we had met with, for we had made a regular battue of it.
I can promise you plenty of hunting adventures; and, when the proper season arrives, we shall have a grand battue of the beavers.
The lions were now caught and kept in cages, until they were turned out for a royal battue.