game bird
game bird — 名詞
1. a type of wild bird that hunters pursue for recreation and for its meat — common
野生獵禽
可供狩獵的野生鳥類
a type of wild bird that hunters pursue for recreation and for its meat — common examples are pheasants, grouse, and quail
Apinya's father takes her pheasant hunting every autumn — pheasants are a popular game bird in many parts of Europe.
Apinya 的父親每年秋天帶她去獵雉雞——雉雞在歐洲許多地方是很受歡迎的野生獵禽。
countable noun used for a category of birds
The restaurant menu listed several game bird dishes, including roasted quail and braised duck.
餐廳菜單上列出了好幾道野生獵禽料理，包括烤鵪鶉和燉鴨。
Conservation groups keep careful records of how many game birds are taken each hunting season.
保育組織仔細記錄每個狩獵季捕獲了多少野生獵禽。
Esteban cleaned the game birds he had shot and prepared them for dinner.
Esteban 清理了他獵到的野生獵禽，然後準備煮來當晚餐。
Yael roasted the pheasant she had bagged and served it to her relatives on Christmas Eve.
Yael 把她獵到的雉雞烤來吃，並在聖誕夜端給親戚享用。
Salma bought a special hunting license that allows her to shoot game birds on protected land.
Salma 買了一張特別的狩獵許可證，讓她在保護區內獵捕野生獵禽。
- wildfowl
more specific to water birds like ducks and geese
- upland bird
refers specifically to birds that live on dry ground, such as grouse and pheasant
- quarry
a more general term for any animal that is hunted, including birds; more technical
用法筆記
Often used as a plural countable noun (game birds) to refer to the category as a whole, though it can also refer to individual birds a hunter has shot.
常見錯誤
2. a bird species that the law allows people to hunt, typically during a specific s
法定獵鳥
法律允許在特定季節獵捕的鳥類
a bird species that the law allows people to hunt, typically during a specific season and under conditions set by a government authority such as a U.S. state.
The state wildlife agency publishes a list of game birds that may be legally hunted this season.
州野生動物管理機構公布了本季可以合法獵捕的法定獵鳥名單。
legal/regulatory context: 'legally hunted'
Before the trip, Rachid checked which species counted as game birds under Montana state law.
出發前，Rachid 查了蒙大拿州法律將哪些鳥類列為法定獵鳥。
David was fined for shooting a bird that was not classified as a game bird in that region.
David 因為射殺了一種在該地區不屬於法定獵鳥的鳥而被罰款。
Daichi compared Oregon's game bird regulations with the rules in his home state of Idaho.
Daichi 比對了奧勒岡州的法定獵鳥規定與家鄉愛達荷州的規範。
Eliska studied the local hunting rules to confirm that the bird she saw was a legal game bird.
Eliska 仔細研讀了當地的狩獵規定，確認她看到的那種鳥是法定獵鳥。
- legal quarry
more general term for any animal that may be legally hunted
- huntable species
emphasis on the species being open for hunting by law
- protected bird
a bird species that the law forbids people from hunting
用法筆記
Common in legal and regulatory documents. A bird may be a game bird in one state but not in another. Frequently paired with the adjective 'legal' or 'legal game bird'.