kestrel

• n. （产于欧洲的）茶隼

可能来自古法语crecerelle变体，鹰，隼，拟声词，-elle,小词后缀。

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.

1. At 1130 am , several blocks away , came a report of another wounded bird, this time an American kestrel.

上午十一点三十分左右, 好几条街外又传来另一只美洲茶隼受伤的消息.

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