transitive. To bring (a hunted animal) to a stand. Also transferred. (Cf. forestall, v. 1) Obsolete.
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| 释义 | the world > food and drink > hunting > hunt [verb (transitive)] > hunt down or bring to bay (7) stallc1400 transitive. To bring (a hunted animal) to a stand. Also transferred. (Cf. forestall, v. 1) Obsolete. to set up1608 Hunting. To bring to bay. Also figurative. to run down1650 transitive. To pursue (a quarry) until it is caught or killed; to hunt down; to track down. Also figurative and in extended use. Cf. to run to earth… to hunt down1711 To chase (an animal) until caught or killed; to run to earth, to bring to bay; figurative to pursue and overcome or destroy; also, to pursue until… to tire down1835 With complement. to tire out, tire to death, to tire to utter exhaustion. colloquial. to tire down, to exhaust (a hunted animal) by persistent… to stick up1850 transitive. Australian and New Zealand. To bring (an animal, esp. a kangaroo) to bay. Now rare. bail1872 (Originally said of Australian bushrangers.) To ‘stick up’ travellers in order to rob them; to ‘corner’ a wild boar (or other hunted animal); (in… |
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