| 单词 | stamping ground |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstamping ground stamping ground n. originally U.S. an animal's habitual place of resort; also transferred. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habitat > habitat > [noun] walka1425 seat of living1607 territory1774 habitat1796 stamping ground1821 personal space1937 1821 D. Dunklin Let. 25 Dec. in E. C. Barker Austin Papers (1924) I. i. 456 It is unnecessary to undertake to give you any details of affairs in your old Stamping-ground. 1839 H. R. Howard Hist. V. A. Stewart 70 I made my way from Milledgeville to Williamson County, the old stamping-ground. 1862 Harper's Mag. June 34/1 I found myself near one of these ‘stamping grounds’, and a simultaneous roar from five hundred infuriated animals gave notice of my danger. 1883 W. M. Baker New Timothy 176 It's with them fellows as it is with wild animals. You can just keep clear of them if you want, stay far out of their stamping-ground. 1915 E. R. Burroughs Return of Tarzan xxiii. 326 The woman he loved was within a short journey of the stamping-ground of his tribe. 1955 Times 19 Aug. 2/5 Henry Wood used the Proms as a stamping ground for new music because there was little opportunity otherwise for making it known. 1977 J. I. M. Stewart Madonna of Astrolabe iv. 74 Tell Charles Atlas I'd have a go if asked—I suppose as Tutor for Admissions it's his stamping-ground. < as lemmas |
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