tercel

英 ['tɜːs(ə)l]
  • n. 雄鹰

英文词源


tercel (n.)
"male falcon," late 14c., from Old French tercel (c. 1200), from Medieval Latin tertiolus, from Latin tertius "third, a third," from root of tres "three" (see three). Various theories as to why it is called this; one says it's because the males are a third smaller than the females, another because a third egg in the nest (smaller than the other two) is believed always to produce a male bird.

双语例句


1. Because I am a tercel, a giant, a man of wealth , neither the son of God.
因为我不是雄鹰也不是巨人, 不是富翁也不是耶酥.

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