archery

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++

ar·cher·y /ˈɑːtʃəri $ ˈɑːr-/ noun [uncountable] DSOthe sport of shooting arrows from a bow 射箭（运动） →4 See picture on 见图 Page A9 Outdoor pursuits 户外活动

Examples from the Corpus

archery• She excelled at archery and won an Olympic silver medal at the London Games in 1908.• Before, archery was a series of flights of shooters aiming at a target and counting up their scores.• These include birds of prey flying demonstrations, morris dancing, archery tournaments and car rallies, to name but a few.• The boy, Allen of the Dale, taught her archery.• They had never heard of religion and were interested only in archery and swift horses.• Langston, a sophomore at Mountain View High, started in archery when she first lived here.• A record dated 1665 shows that at that time the archery contests were held over 4 days.