Word
battue
/bæˈtjuː/
noun
驱赶式围猎；哄赶狩猎
A form of hunting in which game is forced into the open by beating bushes with sticks.
- 1.
A form of hunting in which game is forced into the open by the beating of sticks on bushes, etc.
一种通过敲打灌木等迫使猎物现身的狩猎方式。
- 2.
A hunt performed in this manner.
以这种方式进行的狩猎。
围猎；一种通过敲打灌木等迫使猎物现身的狩猎方式。；以这种方式进行的狩猎。；<法>用驱赶方法狩猎；大量捕杀
In use
The nobility organized a grand battue, with beaters driving the deer toward the waiting hunters.
The film depicted a horrifying battue of innocent civilians by the invading army.
In the 18th century, battue hunts were popular among European aristocrats as a display of power.
a battue of [animals]
battue 常与 of 连用，表示所捕杀的动物。
The hunters organized a battue of foxes.
猎人们组织了一场驱赶猎狐。
engage in a battue
They engaged in a battue to control the deer population.
他们进行了一场驱赶狩猎以控制鹿群数量。
result in a battue
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