🇬🇧🇨🇳 poaching - 偷猎 : English Lesson

Meaning of "poaching" ("偷猎"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Poaching is when someone secretly hunts, catches, or kills wild animals on land that does not belong to them, and they do it without asking or getting permission. It is against the rules and against the law, because it hurts animals, disrespects the landowner, and can even make some animals disappear from nature.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

In my comic book, poaching is stopped by a superhero turtle who travels extremely slowly but fills out paperwork very quickly.

When I asked my teacher about poaching, she said it’s illegal hunting on someone else’s land, not a new way to cook eggs.

Our cat was accused of poaching when it kept sneaking onto the neighbor’s property to hunt their fake plastic flamingos.

The squirrel accused the cat of poaching when it tried to hunt birds in the neighbor’s fancy garden.

Poaching is a serious crime in many countries, and special rangers work hard in forests and parks to stop illegal poaching and protect wild animals like elephants, rhinos, and tigers.

A farmer hears dogs bark at dusk and sees a shadow near the river. He finds two men and their nets—poaching in the reeds, poaching fish, poaching deer fawns, poaching rabbits, poaching birds by the edge. He grabs a torch, confronts them. The men drop nets; ashamed, they flee. The farmer watches the quiet night, relieved.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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