Word · Frequency #15408
grouse
猎松鸡
hunt or shoot grouse
- 1.
To hunt or shoot grouse.
猎捕或射杀松鸡。
- 2.
hunt grouse
猎捕松鸡
猎捕或射杀松鸡。;猎捕松鸡;埋怨
In use
Every August, my cousin goes to the highlands to grouse with a local guide.
They groused on the moors from dawn until midday.
After grousing all morning, the hunters rested by the stream.
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。
spend + time + -ing
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。
Verb forms
base grouse · third person grouses · -ing grousing · past groused · past participle groused
规则动词,常见于狩猎语境,指猎捕或射杀松鸡。
Common mistakes
He groused several grouse.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。
I went to grouse last weekend.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。
Connections
Collocations
- go grousing
- 去猎松鸡
- They went grousing on the Scottish moors.他们去苏格兰的荒野猎松鸡。
- grousing season
- 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。
- grousing party
- 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。
Synonyms
Antonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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』。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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