| 单词 | falcon |
| 释义 | falcon (once / 759 pages) nv A falcon is a large hunting bird. Falcons are strong, with long wingspans and very sharp eyesight — not to mention their very sharp beaks. Falcons use their powerful wings and vision to spot prey while flying and swoop down on it. They can fly rapidly and change direction very quickly. A falcon is a type of raptor, birds of prey that include eagles and vultures. The peregrine falcon, is the fastest-moving of all animals. The Latin root of falcon is probably falx, "curved blade or sickle," which describes the shape of the bird's talons and beak. WORD FAMILYfalcon: falconed, falconer, falconing, falconry, falcons+/falconer: falconers/falconry: falconries USAGE EXAMPLESBy early 2018, the company expects six additional Falcon 9 launches carrying 60 more of its satellites. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) The Falcons dropped seven of their last nine games in 2015. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) The theft transformed the manuscript into an object of obsession, a kind of Maltese Falcon, for a coterie of Inquisition scholars and rare-book collectors. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1n diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight Hypo|Hyper Falco peregrinus, peregrine, peregrine falcon a widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry Falco rusticolus, gerfalcon, gyrfalconlarge and rare Arctic falcon having white and dark color phases Falco tinnunculus, kestrelsmall Old World falcon that hovers in the air against a wind American kestrel, Falco sparverius, kestrel, sparrow hawksmall North American falcon Falco columbarius, merlin, pigeon hawksmall falcon of Europe and America having dark plumage with black-barred tail; used in falconry Falco subbuteo, hobbysmall Old World falcon formerly trained and flown at small birds caracaraany of various long-legged carrion-eating hawks of South America and Central America falcon-gentil, falcon-gentlefemale falcon especially a female peregrine falcon Audubon's caracara, Polyborus cheriway auduboniiwidespread from southern United States to Central America; rusty black with black-and-white breast and tail Polyborus plancus, caranchaSouth American caracara hawk diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail 2v hunt with falcons The tribes like to falcon in the desert Hyper hunt, hunt down, run, track down pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals) |
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