单词 | bushmeat |
释义 | > as lemmasbushmeat bushmeat n. (as a mass noun) wild animals hunted for food, esp. in Africa; the meat from these animals. ΚΠ 1842 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 13 15 This might have been accounted for by the practice of the natives, who set fire to the grass in the dry season for the purpose of catching wild animals, which they call ‘bush-meat’. 1966 U. Beier tr. O. Ijimere Imprisonment of Obatala 91 You will not leave my house without eating. And we have bushmeat today! 2004 Farang May 14/1 The two men are tense, despite the fact that hunting for bush-meat—wild mammals and birds—has been a lifelong occupation and necessity. < as lemmas |
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