单词 | huntsman |
释义 | huntsmann. 1. A man who hunts, a hunter. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunter > [noun] huntc1000 huntera1325 cacherec1340 pricasourc1387 waithmanc1425 chaser1470 huntsman1567 pricker1575 Nimrod1623 venator1656 fieldmana1683 sportsman1699 coureur de bois1700 sporting parson1757 chasseur1796 jäger1823 shikari1827 venerer1845 hunting-man1859 gamer1887 hunterman1891 veldman1895 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 49 The one which the Huntesman vseth. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iv. i. 137 Goe, bid the huntsmen wake them with their hornes. View more context for this quotation 1666 J. Davies tr. C. de Rochefort Hist. Caribby-Islands 32 The Indians and Huntsmen, who have no setled habitation. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 113 The dext'rous Huntsman wounds not these afar, With Shafts. View more context for this quotation 1796 W. Scott tr. G. A. Bürger Chase vii, in Chase & William & Helen 3 He wav'd his huntsman's cap on high. 2. spec. a. The manager of a hunt; a man whose business is to take charge of the hounds and direct the pursuit of game; esp. the man in charge of a pack of hounds for fox-hunting. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunter > [noun] > master of hounds huntsman1600 field master1648 huntsmaster1691 Common Hunt1700 master1781 skirter1827 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique vii. xxxvii. 864 Nowe if it fall out that the huntsman haue not earth dogs readie taught, he may traine them in this manner. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) Induct. i. 14 Huntsman I charge thee, tender wel my hounds. View more context for this quotation 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 106 Just as a Huntsman casts off his Hounds. 1735 W. Somervile Chace ii. 111 Huntsman, lead on! behind, the clust'ring Pack Submiss attend. 1812 Sporting Mag. 39 133 Dick Knight, the late crack huntsman of Lord Spencer. 1859 R. E. Egerton-Warburton Hunting Songs (new ed.) (Notes) 192 Joe Maiden, was Huntsman to the Cheshire Hounds. b. (See quot. 1810.) ΚΠ 1810 Ann. Reg. 620 Each gang of slaves [in Honduras] has one belonging to it, who is styled the huntsman..His chief occupation is to search the woods..to find employment for the whole. Compounds C1. huntsmanlike adj. ΚΠ 1865 Dublin Univ. Mag. 66 20/1 At every fence the leading pair pop over in huntsmanlike fashion. C2. In the names of North American plants so called from their pitcher-shaped leaves. huntsman's cup n. Sarracenia purpurea. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > insectivorous plants > [noun] > pitcher-plants distillatory plant1707 side-saddle flower1718 nepenthes1754 Sarracenia1786 monkey-cup1810 pitcher plant1810 Indian cup1823 nepenth1846 water pitcher1847 huntsman's cup1848 side-saddle plant1861 trumpet-leaf1861 trumpet1884 1848 A. Gray Man. Bot. Northern U.S. 25 S[arracenia] purpurea, L. (Sidesaddle-flower. Huntsman's Cup.) 1954 C. J. Hylander Macmillan Wild Flower Bk. 149 Common Pitcher-plant. Sarracenia purpurea. This species is also known in various parts of its range as Sidesaddle Flower and Huntsman's Cup. huntsman's horn n. Sarracenia flava; also applied to the leaves themselves (Miller Plant-names). ΚΠ 1864 E. W. Paige Catal. Flowering Plants Schenectady 7 Sarracenia Purpurea. Common Huntsman's Horn. 1954 C. J. Hylander Macmillan Wild Flower Bk. 149 Trumpets. Sarracenia flava. The tubular insect-catching leaves of this species are longer and more slender, looking more like horns than pitchers. (In fact, another common name is Huntsman's Horn.) C3. huntsman spider n. a spider of the family Sparassidæ, which is widely distributed in warm regions. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > order Aranea > miscellaneous types > member of family Sparassidae huntsman spider1936 1936 K. C. McKeown Spider Wonders Austral. v. 79 The Huntsman Spiders, or, as they are more popularly known, Triantelopes, do not seem to fear man. 1945 C. H. Curran Insects of Pacific World xi. 293 The huntsman-spiders of the tropics include as one of their best known members the domestic Heteropoda venatoria. 1967 Sunday Mail Mag. (Brisbane) 9 Apr. 2/5 There was the Huntsman spider who adopted us and took up residence behind a painting in the living-room. Draft additions September 2022 Short for huntsman spider n. at Compounds 3. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > order Aranea > miscellaneous types > member of family Sparassidae huntsman spider1936 1935 Philippine Mag. July 339/1 Heteropoda regia Fabricius, Clubionidae, called ‘huntsman’, ‘Nancy Spider’ or ‘crab spider’ (Gagambang Malaki in Tagalog) because of its power of moving sideways. 1980 C. James Unreliable Mem. 23 The huntsman wove big vertical webs which I used regularly to walk into when heading tentatively down the back path to the lavatory after dark. 2011 F. Parrett Past Shallows (2012) 106 Harry didn't look too far inside because he knew there would be spiders around and not just huntsmen, but bad spiders, red-backs and those shiny black ones that hid in busted tractors and rusted cars. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2022). < n.1567 |
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