gyrfalcon
英 ['dʒɜː,fɔː(l)k(ə)n; -,fɒlk(ə)n]
释义
n. 矛隼（等于gerfalcon）
英文词源
- gyrfalcon (n.)
- large falcon used in hawking, also gerfalcon, c. 1200, partly anglicized from Old French girfauc "large northern falcon," probably from a Frankish compound with Latin falco "hawk" (see falcon) + first element meaning "vulture," from Proto-Germanic *ger (source of Old High German gir "vulture"). Folk etymology since the Middle Ages has connected it with Latin gyrus (see gyre (n.)) in reference to "circling" in the air.
英英释意
- 1. large and rare arctic falcon having white and dark color phases
