| 单词 | tick-hunting |
| 释义 | > as lemmastick-hunting c. A ticked item on a list, esp. a list of birds to be observed. Also in combinations, as tick-hunter, tick-hunting. ΘΠ society > communication > record > list > [noun] > item in list > ticked tick1975 1975 W. Condry Pathway to Wild vi. 93 R. S. Thomas..saw it [sc. foreign travel] as an opportunity of adding to his life-list of birds. ‘Tick-hunting’ is what bird-watchers call it. You carry a card with a list of all the birds on it and you..tick them off as you spot them. 1975 W. Condry Pathway to Wild vi. 94 We saw a signpost on our right, ‘La Route des Lacs’, and what tick-hunter short of waterbirds could resist a lakeside road? 1981 Birds Autumn 60/3 Their [sc. the Country Life team's] ticks..included glossy ibis, spoonbill, Savi's warbler, [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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