| 单词 | war-bird |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswar-bird war-bird n. U.S. (a) = war-eagle n.; (b) figurative a fighting aircraft or airman. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > used in warfare war-bird1836 warplane1911 battleplane1915 the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > eagles > genus Aquila > aquila chrysaetos (golden eagle) royal eaglec1425 golden eagle1676 mountain eagle1802 war-bird1836 war-eagle1855 1836 C. P. Traill Backwoods of Canada 289 [An Indian squaw] adorned with the wings of the American War-bird. 1855 H. W. Longfellow Hiawatha ix. 120 Then began the greatest battle..That the war-birds ever witnessed. 1917 G. Frankau City of Fear 3 Above, The war-birds beat And whistle. 1936 ‘R. Hyde’ Passport to Hell 206 German and British warbirds were mixing it in an aerial free-for-all. 1981 Pilot Jan. 23/2 Some of the war-birds flying today are quite bent, cracked, patched up. < as lemmas |
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