Poacher

(noun.) small slender fish (to 8 inches) with body covered by bony plates; chiefly of deeper northern Pacific waters.

(noun.) a cooking vessel designed to poach food (such as fish or eggs).

(noun.) someone who hunts or fishes illegally on the property of another.

伯特校对

• Margaret knew it was some poacher. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• When he found me a vagabond shepherd of the hills, a poacher, an unlettered savage, still his kindness did not fail. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• A poacher is everywhere a very poor man in Great Britain. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• It is Tory ground, where I and the 'Pioneer' are no more welcome than a poacher and his gun. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• In countries where the rigour of the law suffers no poachers, the licensed hunter is not in a much better condition. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• No, they couldn't bring it in as that, said Sam, unless they could prove we had been poachers at some time of our lives. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.

埃莉诺校对