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fowling

/fou-ling/US // ˈfaʊ lɪŋ //UK // (ˈfaʊlɪŋ) //

捕鱼,捕猎,捕鸟,捕鱼业

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the practice or sport of shooting or snaring birds.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Formerly the outlaws had only bowie-knives and a few fowling-pieces; now they have an ample supply of rifles.

  • I begged to wait for my gun; but no, the fowling-piece (loaded with ball, of course) and the two spears were quite enough.

  • There followed the quick crack of the fowling-piece, a cloud of feathers in the air, a long slanting fall.

  • I took mine, and Carlos said that he never went out without a brace of pistols and a fowling-piece.

  • Bob seems sorry that he must forsake the Marsh & River when he is daily fowling, & never kills any Game.

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