Eagle
['iːg(ə)l] or ['igl]
解释:
(noun.) any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight.
(noun.) an emblem representing power; 'the Roman eagle'.
(noun.) a former gold coin in the United States worth 10 dollars.
(noun.) (golf) a score of two strokes under par on a hole.
(verb.) shoot in two strokes under par.
(verb.) shoot two strokes under par; 'She eagled the hole'.
乔茜录入--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) Any large, rapacious bird of the Falcon family, esp. of the genera Aquila and Haliaeetus. The eagle is remarkable for strength, size, graceful figure, keenness of vision, and extraordinary flight. The most noted species are the golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetus); the imperial eagle of Europe (A. mogilnik / imperialis); the American bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus); the European sea eagle (H. albicilla); and the great harpy eagle (Thrasaetus harpyia). The figure of the eagle, as the king of birds, is commonly used as an heraldic emblem, and also for standards and emblematic devices. See Bald eagle, Harpy, and Golden eagle.
(n.) A gold coin of the United States, of the value of ten dollars.
(n.) A northern constellation, containing Altair, a star of the first magnitude. See Aquila.
(n.) The figure of an eagle borne as an emblem on the standard of the ancient Romans, or so used upon the seal or standard of any people.
巴罗录入
同义词及近义词:
n. [1]. King of birds.[2]. Ten dollars (U. S. gold coin).
校对:瓦珥
解释:
n. a name given to many birds of prey in the family Falconid: a military standard carrying the figure of an eagle: a gold coin of the United States worth ten dollars.—adjs. Ea′gle-eyed Ea′gle-sight′ed having a piercing eye: discerning; Ea′gle-flight′ed mounting high.—ns. Ea′gle-hawk a name applied to several eagles of comparatively small size; Ea′gle-owl a genus of large owls the largest in Europe; Ea′gle-stone a variety of argillaceous oxide of iron occurring in egg-shaped masses; Ea′glet a young or small eagle.—adj. Ea′gle-winged having an eagle's wings.—ns. Ea′gle-wood another name for agalloch or calambac; Spread′-ea′gle (see Spread).
芭芭拉校对
娱乐性解释:
To see one soaring above you, denotes lofty ambitions which you will struggle fiercely to realize, nevertheless you will gain your desires. To see one perched on distant heights, denotes that you will possess fame, wealth and the highest position attainable in your country. To see young eagles in their eyrie, signifies your association with people of high standing, and that you will profit from wise counsel from them. You will in time come into a rich legacy. To dream that you kill an eagle, portends that no obstacles whatever would be allowed to stand before you and the utmost heights of your ambition. You will overcome your enemies and be possessed of untold wealth. Eating the flesh of one, denotes the possession of a powerful will that would not turn aside in ambitious struggles even for death. You will come immediately into rich possessions. To see a dead eagle killed by others than yourself, signifies high rank and fortune will be wrested from you ruthlessly. To ride on an eagle's back, denotes that you will make a long voyage into almost unexplored countries in your search for knowledge and wealth which you will eventually gain.
伊夫林整理
娱乐性解释:
The national bird of a Christian country; (the United States.) Presumably chosen on account of its being a bird of pray.
整理:米莉
例句:
- Just turn your eagle eye to it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Is not the dominant and masterful power of the lion or the eagle related to a carniverous diet, and the mild and placid temper of the ox the reflex expression of his vegetable food? Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- But his strong commanding face, his eagle glance, firm mouth, and prominent nose marked him at once as a born leader of men. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- I have got into the clutch of an eagle with iron talons. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- She looked down at her Viennese fan of eagle feathers, and he saw that her lips trembled. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- The caged eagle, whose gold-ringed eyes cruelty has extinguished, might look as looked that sightless Samson. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- The law--the eagle-eyed law itself--had been deceived, and had handed over disputed thousands to a madman's hands. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- He fixed his eagle eye on a fantastic vision of nations rightly struggling to be free. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Turn aside your clear, strong, she-eagle eye; it is an insult to fix it on me thus. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- From my birth I have aspired like the eagle --but, unlike the eagle, my wings have failed, and my vision has been blinded. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- Mrs. Hook Eagles took her up at one of these places--a woman without a blemish in her character and a house in Portman Square. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- No graven images could enter Jerusalem; even the Roman standards with their eagles had to stay outside. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- But Eagles was only a quiet old gentleman, husband to Mrs. Eagles, with a taste for geology, and not tall enough to reach anybody's ears. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- Mrs Eagles had heard--who indeed had not? 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- Laurie and she were always making signs to one another, and talking about 'Spread Eagles' till the girls declared they had both lost their wits. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- If you were a man of any spirit, Mr. Eagles, you would box the wretch's ears the next time you see him at the Club, she said to her husband. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- By law, the deviation from the standard weight, in delivering to him, must not exceed three pennyweights in one thousand double eagles. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
整理:默尔