| 单词 | pearling lugger |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspearling lugger C1. In sense 1, as pearling craft, pearling lugger, etc. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > fishing vessel > [noun] > pearl-fishing vessel trankeh1727 pearling lugger1887 1887 Standard 30 Apr. 5/2 The most important of the Australian pearling grounds. 1888 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms III. xv. 232 Starlight and Jim were having a pitch about the best way to get aboard one of these pearling craft, and how jolly it would be. 1924 G. H. P. Muhlhauser Cruise of Amaryllis v. 233 A fair number of Australian ‘black fellows’ are to be found among the crews of the pearling ‘luggers’, as they are called, though really ketches. 1954 T. Ronan Vision Splendid 131 He'd gone over west to the pearling grounds and taken a temporary job as shell-opener. 1999 Amer. Hist. Rev. 104 1423/2 The coastal economy offered few opportunities beyond scattered date cultivation and a small but lucrative pearling industry. < as lemmas |
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