angling

音標(biāo)發(fā)音

He loves (to go) angling on a fine summer day.
他喜歡在晴朗的夏日去垂釣。
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It is just that these journals tend tobe about angling, farm equipment or dog breeding rather than aesthetics or endocrinology.
而這些雜志，只是關(guān)于釣魚、農(nóng)業(yè)設(shè)備和養(yǎng)狗，而不是美學(xué)或者內(nèi)分泌學(xué)。
Despite spending equal times angling in open water areas and in areas with refuge, the researcher caught more fish in the areas with refuge -- a habitat that appeals more to timid fish.
花費相同時間，在開闊水域釣魚，或是在有遮掩物的水域捕魚，收獲是不一樣的：在有庇護的水域中捕撈，收獲更多。這種棲息地吸引更多膽小的魚類。
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When word got around that Sunita was holding another dinner, people immediately started angling for invitations.
NEWYORKER: Raj, Bohemian
Even with a 62% share of the sports videogaming market, EA Sports is angling for more.
FORBES: Name Recognition
And such new entrants as Polaris and Cannondale are angling for a piece of Harley's profits.
FORBES: Love into Money

the sport of trying to catch fish with a rod, line (= plastic thread), and hook (= curved piece of wire)