kestrel
英 ['kestr(?)l]
美
助記提示
1. petrel => kestrel.
2. 英國一部優秀的電影：《小孩與鷹》：《Kes》.
3. VH-71“茶隼”(Kestrel)總統專用直升機.
中文詞源
kestrel 小隼可能來自古法語crecerelle變體，鷹，隼，擬聲詞，-elle,小詞后綴。
英文詞源
- kestrel (n.)
- kind of falcon, c. 1600, earlier castrell (15c.), probably from Middle French cresserelle, which apparently is related to crecerelle "rattle," from Latin crepitacillium "small rattle," diminutive of crepitaculum "noisy bell, rattle," from crepitare "to crackle, rattle;" possibly from the old belief that their noise frightened away other hawks.
雙語例句
- 1. At 1130 am , several blocks away , came a report of another wounded bird, this time an American kestrel.
- 上午十一點三十分左右, 好幾條街外又傳來另一只美洲茶隼受傷的消息.
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