| 单词 |
man-hunter |
| 释义 |
ˈman-ˌhunter
A hunter of men; usually a contemptuous term for cannibals, slave-dealers, brigands, or the like.
1555Eden Decades 142 marg., Manhunters. 1819Metropolis II. 219 All blood-suckers and man hunters, be they adders, blood-hounds, bailiffs, or even certain attornies. 1851Mayne Reid Scalp Hunt. xxiv. 179 It was a picture such as may be seen only in a bivouac of guerilleros, of brigands, of man-hunters. 1892Zangwill Bow Mystery 23 The hardened old man-hunter's voice was not free from a tremor.
So ˈman-hunting n. and a.; also ˈman-hunt n.
1555Eden Decades To Rdr., A pray to those manhuntynge woolues. Ibid. 142 All the whiche gyue them selues onely to manhuntynge. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Man⁓hunting, the impress service. 1881Besant & Rice Chapl. of Fleet I. 203 One time there was the mischievous practice of man-hunting. 1897Daily News 9 Mar. 6/1 Those regions of man-hunts and hideous blood orgies. 1898Ibid. 31 Dec. 2/3 The man-hunting trials promoted by the Association of Bloodhound Breeders. |
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