fowling
/fou-ling/US // ˈfaʊ lɪŋ //UK // (ˈfaʊlɪŋ) //
捕鱼,捕猎,捕鸟,捕鱼业
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n.名词 noun
- 1
- : the practice or sport of shooting or snaring birds.
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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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