snaring
present participle ofsnare
| 单词 | snaring |
| 释义 | snaring present participle ofsnare snare verb[T] uk/sneər/us/sner/tocatchananimalusing a snare: We used to snaresmallbirdssuch assparrowsandrobins. figurativeShegrewup in thedayswhen a woman'smainaimwas to snare arichhusband. to take a wild or loose animal
Hunting & fishing
Examplesofsnaringsnaring In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. These may be retrieved with a conventionalsnaringcatheter and withdrawn via the introducing sheath or even pulled into thesnaringcatheter itself. From theCambridge English Corpus The handover operation starts when the threesnaringcables inside the end effector cylinder catch the grapple fixture probe. From theCambridge English Corpus Orville had beensnaringbirds since he was a boy. From theCambridge English Corpus Among them are trapping, gassing,snaringand possibly the use of ferrets. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Snaringand poisoning are unlawful but a great deal ofsnaringhas been done where there is no proper control. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The trouble withsnaringis that it is so indiscriminate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Snaringis, and always has been, an emotive topic. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In other words, it is thesnaring, it is the coursing, it is the hunting which can be the cruel things. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It issnaringand trapping—both desperately cruel; and not really for a sufficient purpose. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 You have a snare at a gate, or at a gap in a field, andsnaringis extremely cruel. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Someone might well enjoy engaging insnaringanimals, but that is a far more cruel way of controlling the fox population. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 So that the two methods,snaringand trapping, are complementary. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Snaringis only effective when the grass is long, and that method cannot be used in the winter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Snaringis not generally effective and has an added disadvantage in that it drives the deer from their regular runs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Neither clause 5 nor clause 6 provides a defence for clause 3, which refers tosnaring. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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