English Dictionary

open season

名詞

可算名詞 on/for 前置詞用法 時々 不可算名詞 比喩的用法 前置詞 on/for 頻度副詞 慣用表現

(hunting, sometimes followed by on or for to designate the kind of animal hunted) A period of time during the calendar year when authorities within a jurisdiction permit the unrestricted hunting of one or more kinds of animal wildlife.

日本語の意味

狩猟期間：特定の動物の狩猟が無制限に許可される一定期間

During the fall, the local wildlife agency declared open season on deer, allowing hunters to take them for two weeks.

秋には地元の野生動物局がシカの狩猟期間を宣言し、ハンターたちは2週間にわたって捕獲が許可されました。

意味（1）

(hunting, sometimes followed by on or for to designate the kind of animal hunted) A period of time during the calendar year when authorities within a jurisdiction permit the unrestricted hunting of one or more kinds of animal wildlife.

But there weren't many crabs in those days, the old man wandered on. They were fished out, and they were great delicacies. The open season was only a month long, too.

意味（2）

(figuratively, often followed by on or for) A situation in which someone is endangered, blamed, harassed, or opposed in a sustained manner by a number of others; a situation in which something is endangered or otherwise opposed.

In the country of the Clantons there was always an open season on any one of his name.

意味（3）

(idiomatic, often followed by on or for) A situation or period in which some activity is routinely carried on.

My dear Miss Parker, this is the open season on terrible practical jokes.

open seasons （ plural ）