small, strong European falcon, early 14c., from Anglo-French merilun, a shortened form of Old French esmerillon "merlin, small hawk" (12c., Modern French émerillon), from Frankish *smiril or some other Germanic source (compare Old High German smerlo, German Schmerl "merlin"). Spanish esmerejon, Italian smeriglio also are Germanic loan-words.
Merlin
sorcerer and soothsayer in Arthurian legends, from Old French form of Welsh Myrddhin, probably from Old Celtic *Mori-dunon, literally "of the sea-hill," from *mori "sea" (see mere (n.)) + dunom "hill" (see dune).
雙語例句
1. At Merlin's instigation, Arthur founds the Fellowship of the Round Table.
在梅林的建議下，亞瑟王創建了圓桌騎士團。
來自柯林斯例句
2. She was already a keen and experienced sailor, having crewed in both Merlin and Grayling.
在“默林”號和“格雷林”號上工作過以后，她已經是一名頭腦敏捷、經驗豐富的水手了。
來自柯林斯例句
3. King Arthur hid his treasures here and Merlin enchanted the cave so that nobody should ever find them.
亞瑟王將他的財寶藏在這里，墨林對洞穴施了魔法，這樣永遠不會有人找到那些財寶。
來自柯林斯例句
4. I'm Rockwall Slinger and this is Merlin Greeves.'
我是羅克沃爾.斯林格,這位是默林.格里夫斯. ”
來自新概念英語第二冊
5. Older legends say that Merlin raised the stones by magic.