| 单词 | peregrine |
| 释义 | peregrine (once / 2925 pages) nadj A peregrine is a fairly common type of raptor, or hunting bird. While peregrines are about the size of a crow, they are much fiercer predators. You can also call a peregrine a peregrine falcon. In falconry, the training of hawks and falcons for hunting, peregrines are popular. These birds are found everywhere on earth with just a few exceptions. The word peregrine has a Latin root, peregrinus, "coming from foreign parts" — these birds tend to be caught during migration rather than taken from the nest. Peregrine is also used to simply mean "migratory" or "foreign." WORD FAMILYperegrine: peregrines USAGE EXAMPLES“Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children,” a darker fantasy film produced by 20th Century Fox, drew $9.5 million in its opening weekend in China. Los Angeles Times(Dec 06, 2016) Ospreys, hawks, peregrine falcons, red-throated loons, snowy egrets and, of course, Baltimore orioles — the birds, not the baseball players — can been seen there. Washington Post(Oct 28, 2016) Then, if I’m feeling up for it, I’ll head over to Union Market to Peregrine Espresso and get some coffee. Washington Post(Oct 20, 2016) 1n a widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry Syn|Hypo|Hyper Falco peregrinus, peregrine falcon falcon-gentil, falcon-gentle female falcon especially a female peregrine falcon falcon diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight 2adj migratory believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future Syn mobile, nomadic, roving, wandering unsettled not settled or established |
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