| 单词 | bird of jove |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbird of Jove bird of Jove n. the eagle considered as sacred to the Roman god Jupiter. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > eagles > eagle erneOE eaglec1350 king of fowlsc1475 king of birds1575 bird of Jove1612 iron1623 yearna1797 kingbird1840 1612 H. Peacham Minerua Britanna i. 27 Yee Noblest sprightes, that with the bird of Iove, Haue learnt to leaue, and loath, this baser earth. 1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xix. 620 The bird of Jove Fierce from his mountain-eyrie downward drove. 1867 J. B. Rose tr. Virgil Æneis 266 So stoops the bird of Jove..To truss the snowy swan or dusky hare. 2013 My Republica (Nepal) (Nexis) 2 June Next time a jackal says an eagle has taken our ear, we must examine its motive and feel our ears before running after the bird of Jove. < as lemmas |
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