pheasant 的定义
- any of numerous large, usually long-tailed, Old World gallinaceous birds of the family Phasianidae, widely introduced.
- any of various other birds that resemble or suggest a pheasant.
- Southern U.S. the ruffed grouse.
pheasant 近义词
等同于 game bird
等同于 fowl
等同于 poultry
更多pheasant例句
- Americans who hunted pheasants in the United Kingdom sought to bring the birds to these shores for the purpose of sport hunting.
- Today, bird hunting in England is synonymous with the pheasant, and around 25 million of them are released there each year.
- That success prompted would-be pheasant hunters to introduce them across much of the rest of the country.
- It’s thought that pheasants may have arrived in England in the 11th century, where they decorated the gardens of the wealthy.
- More importantly, R&R is a prime example of the successful partnership between private landowners, taxpayers, hunters, and nonprofit organizations that uses pheasant hunting to restore wildlife habitat across the country.
- It is the first time Charles has been pictured with a gun on a pheasant shoot since December 2008.
- Wood pigeon, pheasant, partridge, grouse, peacocks, hares, wild rabbits, and waterfowl are all dietary staples.
- The pheasant calls for Pommard, while songbirds and hare lend themselves to aged Bordeaux or a light Gevrey.
- Hemingway is shown on p. 89, pensive with rifle at a pheasant shoot in Idaho.
- Just before Christmas, they were reportedly at Althorp, shooting pheasant.
- Among the variety of birds, several black cockatoos and the pheasant cuckoo were seen.
- A pheasant got up across a ploughed field where in the mild season the young corn was already green.
- So home and found Mr. Hollyard there, and he stayed and dined with us, we having a pheasant to dinner.
- The whistle of the quail and the flutter of the perdiz, or pheasant, are heard on all sides in the rural and mountain regions.
- The little sad face under the old-fashioned, pheasant-winged hat softened a little.