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单词 the Glorious Twelfth
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the Glorious Twelfth
noun [ S ] UK uk/ˌɡlɔː.ri.əs ˈtwelfθ/ us/ˌɡlɔːr.i.əs ˈtwelfθ/
光荣的第十二日(指8月12日,英国猎松鸡季节开始的那一天)
12 August, the start of the grouse shooting season in Britain
Glorious Twelfth
noun [ S ] UK (also glorious twelfth) uk/ˌɡlɔː.ri.əs ˈtwelfθ/ us/ˌɡlɔːr.i.əs ˈtwelfθ/
”光荣十二日“ (即8月12日,这是每年英国允许猎杀松鸡的第一天)
12th August, the first day of the season in the UK when people are allowed to shoot grouse (= a bird hunted for sport and food)
Don't you realise today's the Glorious Twelfth? Grouse shooting starts and Scotland's the place to be. 你没有意识到今天是”光荣十二日“吗? 松鸡狩猎季开始了,应该去趟苏格兰。
Hunt saboteurs disrupted a Glorious Twelfth grouse shoot. 反对狩猎的人破坏了”光荣十二日“的松鸡狩猎活动。
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  • The grouse season opens on the "glorious twelfth" of this month.
  • Efforts by animal rights activists to disrupt local shoots began on the Glorious Twelfth.
  • There is no Glorious Twelfth marking the start of the hunting season for hogs.
  • The Olympic final coincides with that famous date in Britain's shooting calendar, the Glorious Twelfth.
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