Falcon
['fɔː(l)k(ə)n;'fɒlk(ə)n] or ['fælkən]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight.
(verb.) hunt with falcons; 'The tribes like to falcon in the desert'.
吉纳维芙校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) One of a family (Falconidae) of raptorial birds, characterized by a short, hooked beak, strong claws, and powerful flight.
(n.) Any species of the genus Falco, distinguished by having a toothlike lobe on the upper mandible; especially, one of this genus trained to the pursuit of other birds, or game.
(n.) An ancient form of cannon.
編輯:波西亚
同義詞及近義詞:
n. Hawk.
校對:斯坦顿
解釋/意思:
n. a bird of prey formerly trained to the pursuit of game: a kind of cannon.—ns. Fal′coner one who sports with or who breeds and trains falcons or hawks for taking wild-fowl; Fal′conet a small field-gun in use till the 16th century.—adj. Fal′con-eyed keen-eyed.—ns. Fal′con-gen′til -gen′tle the female and young of the goshawk.—adj. Fal′conine.—n. Fal′conry the art of training or hunting with falcons.
校對:卢埃林
娱乐性解釋/意思:
To dream of a falcon, denotes that your prosperity will make you an object of envy and malice. For a young woman, this dream denotes that she will be calumniated by a rival.
克莱儿整理
例句/造句/用法:
- He rose and came towards me, and I saw his face all kindled, and his full falcon-eye flashing, and tenderness and passion in every lineament. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- I think we must not set down people's bad actions to their religion, said falcon-faced Mrs. Plymdale, who had been listening hitherto. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Next day's march brings them within our reach, and, falcon-ways, we swoop on them at once. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- My vengeance is awake, and she is a falcon that slumbers not till she has been gorged. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- The falcon in the black coat proceeded,-- What do I talk about the gift of tongues? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- The falcon god Horus sits behind the head of the great statue of Chephren. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- To execute his message the snail is as sure a messenger as the falcon. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Their very faces are not dissimilar--a pair of human falcons--and dry, direct, decided both. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
多拉編輯