ar·cher·y
noun/ˈɑːtʃəri/
/ˈɑːrtʃəri/
[uncountable]- the art or sport of shooting arrows with a bow
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射箭术;射箭运动 - He took up archery eight years ago.
八年前,他开始学习射箭。 - Neither had practised archery before last year.
去年之前,两人都没有练习过射箭。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryArchery is used before these nouns:- range
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French archerie, from archier, based on Latin arcus ‘bow’. - He took up archery eight years ago.