英语词汇“bear-baiting”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	bear-baiting
释义	ˈbear-baiting, vbl. n. [f. bear n.¹] The sport of setting dogs to attack a bear chained to a stake; also fig. c1475Hunt. Hare 232 Sum seyd it was a beyr-beytyng1586J. Hooker Girald. Irel. in Holinsh. II. 120/2 It was more like a bearebaiting of disordered persons, than a parlement of wise men.1601Shakes. Twel. N. ii. v. 9 He haunts Wakes, Faires, and Beare-baitings.1663Butler Hud. i. i. 678 An old way of Recreating, Which learned Butchers call Bear-Baiting.1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 161 The Puritan hated bearbaiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.
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