解释
- n. （产于欧洲的）茶隼
※ 提供单词"kestrel"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。
中文词源
kestrel 小隼
可能来自古法语crecerelle变体，鹰，隼，拟声词，-elle,小词后缀。
英文词源
- 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.
例句和用法
- 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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