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单词 bivvy
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Definition of bivvy in English:

bivvy

nounPlural bivvies ˈbɪvi
British informal
  • A small tent or temporary shelter.

    小帐篷,临时营帐

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I don't think you'll get it by sitting in a bivvy in the same swim for weeks on end until eventually the fish come around.
    • I hauled everything round to the swim, set up the bivvy, then the rod.
    • Nick supplied the bivvies, the cooking equipment, a boat but most of all, the local ‘knowledge’.
    • However, if all the other anglers are just sitting in their bivvies for three days then I know we can do better by spending our three days constantly on the move looking for fish and baiting up several areas.
    • I think Geoff was out of the bivvy before me, as usual, but I was soon on it.
    • Tarsha pushed into the opening at the end of the bivvy followed by the guard who handed a bulky sack to her commander and left.
    • By all means set up a bivvy at the lakeside if you're allowed to do so.
    • Had this been an episode of Survivor, I would have simply built a rough sort of two bedroom bivvy with outside BBQ area.
    • The soldiers eat half cooked meat in their wet bivvies.
    • Talking of bivvies, if I do more than 24 hrs then I use a bivvy otherwise I am happy with my oval umbrella shelter.
    • The late hour, increasing winds, and our various states of exhaustion decided us on a bivvy there below.
    • It is an exciting way to catch carp though and a nice change from sitting in a bivvy on a lake.
    • Similarly if you are pitching a bivvy for a few days, move it back a bit.
    • The lake may have sections set aside for night fishing, or the whole perimeter may be open for fishing nights, yet the authorities still impose a ban on actually setting up a bivvy.
    • We left some of our gear in the swim and borrowed Adrian's wheelbarrow to transport our bivvy and remaining gear from our car to the swim.
    • We mooched around for a few hours before setting up a bivvy to get some sleep.
    • Take a rod pod as the banks are very hard and a brolly or bivvy as the sun can be very strong.
    • He will also collect and deliver paid-for supplies and food to your bivvy.
    • Make sure that your bivvy, sleeping bag and thermal/wet weather gear are up to scratch.
    • The levels can fall alarmingly fast; what might have been a comfy swim last year may be high and dry this year, requiring a route march through a hundred yards of mud simply to get from your bivvy down to the water's edge.
verbbivvying, bivvied, bivvies ˈbɪvi
[no object]British informal
  • Stay in a small tent or temporary shelter.

    小帐篷,临时营帐

    he opted to bivvy up for two days
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Now, compared with bivvying up for a few days it might be short, but there is often a strong case for spending more than a few hours stalking.
    • Along the main roads all through France there are many petrol stations with large rest areas, and it was in one of these that we bivvied up for the night.
    • This was coming from people who don't mind bivvying on a tiny ledge two hundred metres up a sheer cliff face.
    • The snow was so deep that we were unable to make camp and had to bivvy on the hillside at around 7,400m.
    • This is a standard approach method used by those wishing to bivvy up and night fish.
    • You can do a reasonable recee in this time, perhaps bait up a likely spot, put the baits out, bivvy up and catch up on your sleep.
    • ‘Camping sauvage’ is the French term for bivvying up by the lakeside, and on many waters it is banned.

Origin

Early 20th century: abbreviation of bivouac.

Rhymes

chivvy, civvy, divvy, Livy, privy, skivvy, spivvy
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