trophy hunt

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An instance of trophy hunting.
    — Americans are by far the most keen to spend around $60,000 on trophy hunts in Africa, but British and German hunters drive demand too.
动词 v.
  1. To engage in trophy hunting. intransitive
    — Hunters never say “we want to trophy hunt because we want to mount the head,” [Wayne] Pacelle said. “They always apply something to it. They could just give the money for conservation. But they want something out of it.”
  2. To hunt (an animal) as part of a trophy hunt. transitive
    — In South Africa, it’s still legal to “trophy hunt” the white rhino, which [Anna] Merz and others find reprehensible.

词形变化

trophy hunts plural trophy hunts present,singular,third-person trophy hunting participle,present trophy hunted participle,past trophy hunted past trophy-hunt alternative

词源

词源 1
From trophy + hunt.
词源 2
Back-formation from trophy hunting.
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