英语词汇“white hunter”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

white hunter n. a hunter who is white, spec. a white person who hunts big game professionally.

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the world > food and drink > hunting > hunter > hunter of specific animal > [noun] > of big game

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1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 300 The white hunter's absence was the first and chief subject of their discourse, till evening.

1859 New Amer. Cycl. VII. 83/2 A few white hunters like Gordon Camming would soon exterminate this noble animal [sc. the African elephant].

1930 W. M. Mann Wild Animals in & out of Zoo ii. 18 At Meru, Runton, the white hunter, and I lived a month, capturing a small group of gnu.

1945 N. Mitford Pursuit of Love xi. 90 She's happy now, isn't she, with her white hunter?

1964 D. Varaday Gara-Yaka xiv. 124 Two white hunters lay in wait, and each shot one of the pride.

1999 New Yorker 2 Feb. 13/2 The firm's Manhattan outpost is run by Peter Horn, a former Great White Hunter who can regale you with tales of how he once brought down the damnably elusive bongo and sipped yak's-blood tea.

2010 J. Kirk Kingdom under Glass 317 After an hour or so of listening to the lion's growls of pain Eastman's hired white hunter, Philip Percival, picked up his gun and stepped toward the lair.

单词	white hunter
释义	> as lemmas white hunter white hunter n. a hunter who is white, spec. a white person who hunts big game professionally. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunter > hunter of specific animal > [noun] > of big game white hunter1775 1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 300 The white hunter's absence was the first and chief subject of their discourse, till evening. 1859 New Amer. Cycl. VII. 83/2 A few white hunters like Gordon Camming would soon exterminate this noble animal [sc. the African elephant]. 1930 W. M. Mann Wild Animals in & out of Zoo ii. 18 At Meru, Runton, the white hunter, and I lived a month, capturing a small group of gnu. 1945 N. Mitford Pursuit of Love xi. 90 She's happy now, isn't she, with her white hunter? 1964 D. Varaday Gara-Yaka xiv. 124 Two white hunters lay in wait, and each shot one of the pride. 1999 New Yorker 2 Feb. 13/2 The firm's Manhattan outpost is run by Peter Horn, a former Great White Hunter who can regale you with tales of how he once brought down the damnably elusive bongo and sipped yak's-blood tea. 2010 J. Kirk Kingdom under Glass 317 After an hour or so of listening to the lion's growls of pain Eastman's hired white hunter, Philip Percival, picked up his gun and stepped toward the lair. extracted from whiteadj.adv.n. < as lemmas
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