| 单词 |
Greenwell |
| 释义 |
Greenwell|ˈgriːnwəl|
[f. the name of William Greenwell (1820–1918), archæologist and angler.]
In full Greenwell's glory: A trout fly designed by the Revd. W. Greenwell. Also, a salmon fly of his invention.
1879W. Henderson Life Angler xxi. 237, 104 fish [trout], chiefly captured with the ‘Greenwell's Glory’ fly. Ibid. xxii. 251 ‘The Greenwell’ fly did most execution [of salmon]. 1899E. Grey Fly Fishing viii. 216 In wet fly fishing for trout I am content with March-browns, Greenwell's glories, [etc.]. 1920H. Maxwell in F. Francis Bk. Angling 177 The Greenwell salmon fly, a favourite on the Tweed. 1928W. F. R. Reynolds With Fly Only 65 Perhaps an iron blue or two, and a few Greenwells. 1961A. C. Williams Dict. Trout Flies (ed. 3) ii. 197 There can be no fly the name of which is better known to the general public than the great Greenwell's Glory which is as it should be, for a more generally useful wet fly has never been made. |
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