| 释义 |
angle2 /angˈgl/ intransitive verb- To fish with rod and line (for)
- To try to gain by some artifice (with for)
transitive verb To angle for noun- A fish-hook or fishing-tackle (obsolete)
- An act of angling (esp figurative)
ORIGIN: OE angul a hook angˈler noun - A person who fishes with rod and line, esp for sport
- The devilfish or fishing-frog, a wide-mouthed voracious fish (Lophius piscatorius) that attracts its prey by waving filaments attached to its head (also angler fish)
- Extended to related kinds, some of them remarkable for the dwarf males parasitic on the female
angˈling noun angˈleworm noun Any worm used as bait by anglers |