释义 |
tier·cel \ˈtirsəl\ noun or ter·cel \ˈtərs-\; or tas·sel \ˈtas-\ (-s) Etymology: Middle English tercel, tassel, from Middle French tercel, tiercel, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin tertiolus, from diminutive of Latin tertius third; perhaps from the belief that every third egg in the nest produced a male — more at third : a male of various hawks (as the peregrine falcon and the goshawk) |