falcon

英 ['f??(l)k(?)n; 'f?lk(?)n] 美['f?lk?n]

TEM8GRETOEFL擴展詞匯禽鳥

復數:?falcons;

Falcon:?fal看成fall（落下）con啃，落下來啃，瞄準獵物直落下來咬死就啃----獵鷹，隼。

falcon 獵鷹

來自拉丁語falcatus, 鉤子，詞源同falcate. 因其如同彎鉤的爪子，腿，嘴而得名。

falcon: falcon: [13] English acquired falcon via Old French faucon, but it is probably ultimately of Germanic origin. Related forms such as German falke and Dutch valk suggest a prehistoric Germanic *falkon, adopted into late Latin as falcō, and passing from there into Old French.
falcon (n.): mid-13c., faucon, from Old French faucon "falcon" (12c.), from Late Latin falconem (nominative falco) "falcon" (source also of Old Spanish falcon, Portuguese falc?o, Italian falcone, Old High German falcho, German Falke, Dutch valk), probably from Latin falx (genitive falcis) "curved blade, pruning hook, sickle, war-scythe" (see falcate); the bird said to be so called for the shape of its talons, legs, or beak, but also possibly from the shape of its spread wings.

The other theory is that the Latin bird name falx is of Germanic origin and means "gray bird" (from the source of fallow (adj.)), which is supported by the antiquity of the word in Germanic but opposed by those who point out that falconry by all evidences was imported from the East, and the Germans got it from the Romans, not the other way round.

1. The shooting of The Maltese Falcon proceeded without a hitch.: 《馬耳他之鷹》的拍攝進展順利。

2. I have a house in the city and an investment property and a 1972 Falcon pickup.: 我在城里有座自己住的房子,還有個投資的房產和一輛1972年的Falcon小貨.

4. The Comet, for example, was really only a fancy Falcon.: 例如, 慧星型車實際上不過是一部花哨的獵鷹車而已.