go + -ing
go + 动词-ing 表示外出进行某活动,这里 grouse 的现在分词为 grousing。
They went grousing on the moors.
他们去荒野猎松鸡。
猎松鸡
先理解核心含义,再看它在真实句子里的用法。
猎松鸡
hunt or shoot grouse
They went grousing on the moors.
他们去荒野猎松鸡。
猎捕或射杀松鸡。
To hunt or shoot grouse.
猎捕松鸡
hunt grouse
grouse
Base
原形
grouses
3rd person
第三人称单数
grousing
-ing
现在分词
groused
Past
过去式
groused
Past participle
过去分词
Every autumn, they grouse in the highlands.
每年秋天,他们在高地猎松鸡。
Last weekend, we groused near the lake.
上周末,我们在湖边猎松鸡。
She has groused in Scotland many times.
她多次在苏格兰猎过松鸡。
规则动词,常见于狩猎语境,指猎捕或射杀松鸡。
Every August, my cousin goes to the highlands to grouse with a local guide.
每年八月,我表哥去高地跟着当地向导猎捕松鸡。
They groused on the moors from dawn until midday.
从黎明到中午,他们都在荒野上猎捕松鸡。
After grousing all morning, the hunters rested by the stream.
猎捕了一上午松鸡后,猎人们在溪边休息。
go + 动词-ing 表示外出进行某活动,这里 grouse 的现在分词为 grousing。
They went grousing on the moors.
他们去荒野猎松鸡。
spend 后接表示时间的名词短语,再接动名词,表示把时间花在某活动上。
They spent the weekend grousing in the highlands.
他们在高地度过周末猎松鸡。
Not this
He groused several grouse.
Use this
He shot several grouse.
grouse 作动词时是不及物动词,表示“猎松鸡”,后面不能直接跟宾语;要表达“射了几只松鸡”应改用及物动词 shot,并以 grouse 作宾语。
Not this
I went to grouse last weekend.
Use this
I went grousing last weekend.
表示外出进行打猎这类活动时,英语习惯用 go + 动词-ing(如 go grousing),而不用 go to + 动词原形;went to grouse 在此不是自然的说法。
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去猎松鸡
They went grousing on the Scottish moors.
他们去苏格兰的荒野猎松鸡。
猎松鸡的季节
The grousing season opens on the twelfth of August.
猎松鸡季节于八月十二日开始。
猎松鸡的队伍
The grousing party set out at dawn.
猎松鸡的队伍在黎明时出发。
Use grouse naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
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松雞(grouse)在草叢中竄起,獵人舉槍——聯想到grouse當動詞就是『獵松雞』。
语域:neutral 常见场景:hunting trips、field sports 该义项表示猎捕或射杀松鸡,多用于狩猎及野外活动场景,语气较为中性,正式与非正式语境都适用。
与 grouse /ɡraʊs/ 押韵的词:house、mouse、douse、louse、spouse、souse(都以 /aʊs/ 结尾)。注意:rouse、browse、arouse 等以 -ouse 结尾但读 /aʊz/,与 grouse 不押韵。
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