field trial
- noun
- /fiːld traɪəl/
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prueba de campo
- She entered her dog in a field trial to test its natural hunting instincts.
Examples
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The judges at the field trial observed each dog's ability to locate and retrieve game.
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Winning a field trial is a prestigious achievement for any hunting dog owner.
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The dog performed well in the field trial.
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Many field trials are held each year to test new breeds.
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She entered her dog in a field trial to evaluate its hunting skills in natural conditions.
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At the field trial, judges meticulously assessed how well each dog could retrieve game.
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Competing in a field trial allows dog owners to showcase their pets' hunting abilities.
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Morphology
The meaning 'a test under actual conditions' is directly compositional from 'field' (on site/in the real environment) + 'trial' (a test), so a learner who knows both words can infer the phrase. This construction is cross-linguistically common (e.g., Spanish 'ensayo/prueba de campo') and follows a straightforward noun–noun composition, making it immediately comprehensible to B1 learners.
Etymology
The noun field trial comes from the image of hunting dogs being tested out in the open countryside. The word field means the outdoor area and trial means a 'test', so a field trial is a real test of a dog's hunting skills.