请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 piqueur
释义 piqueur|pikœr|
Also anglicized as picker3.
[F., agent-n. from piquer to prick: see Hatz.-Darm.]
In France, or on the Continent, An attendant who directs the hounds during a hunt, or runs before a carriage to clear the road.
1835H. Greville Diary (1883) 59, I followed a piqueur, who appeared to me to know his métier, and by keeping close to his heels I contrived to see the stag taken.1837J. F. Cooper Europe II. vii. 155 The piqueur scouring along the road in advance, like a rocket.1864M. J. Higgins Ess. 204 The postilions and piqueurs all wore round glazed hats.
随便看

 

英语词典包含277258条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/9/20 5:57:08