| 释义 |
bald eagle, bald-eagle U.S.
[bald a. 2.]
The American eagle. (Cf. eagle n. 1 b.)
1688in Phil. Trans. 1693 (1694) XVII. 989 The Second is the Bald Eagle, for the Body and part of the Neck being of a dark brown, the upper part of the Neck and Head is covered with a white sort of Down, whereby it looks very bald, whence it is so named. 1705Beverley Virginia ii. 35 The Bald-Eagle no sooner perceives a Hawk that has taken his Prey, but he immediately pursues. 1803[see eagle n. 1 b]. 1868Amer. Naturalist II. 194 So cautious is he lest the Bald-eagle (Haliaetus leucocephalus)..may approach. 1878J. H. Beadle Western Wilds xxx. 483 Small is the pleasure one can take..in the sweep of the bald eagle. |