| 释义 |
wildie, n. Angling colloq.|ˈwaɪldɪ|
Also wildy.
[f. wild a. + -ie.]
A carp which is truly ‘wild’ as opposed to one bred artificially and placed as stock for anglers; occas. applied to other fish. Usu. in pl.
1968J. A. Gibbinson Carp ii. 33 (caption) A catch of ‘wildies’ from the Nene. 1972P. Mohan Carp for Everyone iii. 47 This original carp is now generally known as the wild carp, or ‘wildie’, to distinguish it from the results of later selective breeding experiments. 1980G. Sharman Carp & Carp Angler vii. 160 There is no way to be sure that a fully scaled carp is a wild carp or a king carp. This does not matter until you claim to have caught a ‘double’ wildy. 1981Country Life 12 Feb. 411/2 The kind of fish I once caught of 3lb and 4lb with immense effort and endless patience from Sussex ponds were ‘wildies’ or native carp, and not bad ones at that, even by present standards. 1987Trout Fisherman Mar. 64/2 Vyrnwy fish, even wildies, follow with a tap, tapping pursuit until eventually, everything goes solid. |