单词 | manhunting |
释义 | manhuntingn. The action or practice of hunting people down. Also in extended uses. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > following behind > [noun] > pursuit > hostile or violent > man-hunt or man-hunting manhunting1555 manhunt1833 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. x. f. 142v All the whiche gyue them selues onely to manhuntynge. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Man-hunting, the impress service. 1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet I. x. 203 Another time there was the mischievous practice of man-hunting. 1906 E. Phillpotts Portreeve i. vi. 50 'Tis hunting of a sort. Fox-hunting—man-hunting—what more has life for me? 1926 Grand Mag. Aug. 587/2 The sport of manhunting had lost its appeal. 1987 L. Murray Daylight Moon 31 I need not think the brothers were..Not drawn by herd-warmth towards The glorious manhunting promised them By fellows round pipe-drawing fires Outside the beast-pavilions they slept in. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). manhuntingadj. That hunts people down; of or relating to manhunting. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > following behind > [adjective] > pursuing > pursued with hostility or violence > man-hunting manhunting1555 1555 R. Eden in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde Pref. sig. aij v A pray to those manhuntynge woolues. 1898 Daily News 31 Dec. 2/3 The man-hunting trials promoted by the Association of Bloodhound Breeders. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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