| 单词 | buck-ague |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbuck-ague buck-ague n. North American see quot. 1872. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunter > hunter of specific animal > [noun] > of deer > group of > inexperience in hunting buck-fever1841 buck-ague1844 1844 G. W. Kendall Narr. Santa Fé Exped. I. 172 There is a very common disease prevalent among young and inexperienced hunters in Texas, which is known as the ‘buck ague’. 1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 208 The buck..makes him speak of buck ague, or buck fever when he wishes to describe the nervous agitation of the inexperienced sportsman. 1894 Outing 24 344/1 My confusion..was the direct result of buck-ague. 1933 B. Willoughby Alaskans All 146 An instant's ‘buck ague’, a single quiver of the arm, and there would have been a wounded beast in the boat. < as lemmas |
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