archery
The practice or sport of shooting arrows with a bowThe practice or sport of shooting arrows with a bow.
» Tom is very good at archery.
Том отлично стреляет из лука.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)The practice or sport of shooting arrows with a bow.
Bogenschießen
стрельба́ из лу́каstrelʹbá iz lúka
стрільба́ з лу́каstrilʹbá z lúka
the sport of shooting arrows with a bow
(countable)A group of archers.
Examples
26 sentencesTom is very good at archery.
ruТом отлично стреляет из лука.
Tom said that he was very interested in archery.
deTom sagte, dass er sich sehr für das Bogenschießen interessiere.
Tom said that he was really interested in archery.
Both Tom and Mary said that they were very interested in archery.
Tom and Mary both said that they were very interested in archery.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English archerie, from Old French archerie, from archier (“archer”). EquivalenFrom Middle English archerie, from Old French archerie, from archier (“archer”). Equivalent to archer + -ery.
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Forms
plural: archeriesWord family
10 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable