venery

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The hunting of wild animals. uncountable,usually
    — There are extant of his in Greek, four books of Cynegeticks or venation, five of Halieuticks or piſcation, commented and publiſhed by Ritterhuſius; wherein deſcribing beaſts of venery and fiſhes[…]
  2. The pursuit of sexual indulgence or pleasure. countable,uncountable
    — […] Opium it ſelf is conceived to extimulate unto venery, and for that intent is ſometimes uſed by Turkes, Perſians, and moſt orientall Nations; […]
  3. Game animals. uncountable,usually

词形变化

veneries plural venarie alternative,archaic veneries plural venarie alternative,archaic

词汇关系

衍生词
beast of venery term of venery
相关词
venison

词源

词源 1
From Middle English venerie, borrowed from Middle French venerie, from Old French venerie (“hunting”), derived from vener, from Latin vēnor (“to hunt”).
词源 2
From Middle English venery, venerie, venerye, borrowed from Medieval Latin veneria, from venus (“love”).
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