| 单词 | american eagle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasAmerican eagle American eagle n. the bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, a North American sea eagle with a white head and neck; a representation of this eagle as the national emblem of the United States (also figurative, symbolizing the United States). ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > [noun] > specific emblems, badges, or cognizances > national ravenOE thistle1488 red cross1523 St George's cross1548 Britannia1605 red rose1618 British Lion1687 shamrock1712 leek1714 American eagle1782 rising sun1787 white horse1814 Bird of Freedom1825 Union Jack1847 maple leaf1860 meatball1919 red star1920 hammer and sickle1921 chakra1947 the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > eagles > genus Haliaetus > species leucocephalus (bald-eagle) bald eagle1692 American eagle1782 Bird of Washington1828 bald-headed eagle1829 1782 Jrnl. Congr. 7 395 The escutcheon on the breast of the American eagle displayed proper, holding in his dexter talon an olive branch and in his sinister a bundle of thirteen arrows, all proper, and in his beak a scroll inscribed with this motto ‘E pluribus Unum.’ 1833 H. Barnard in Maryland Hist. Mag. (1918) 13 356 The Union badge is an American eagle mounted upon black with a small tassell. 1849 Knickerbocker 34 150/2 While he was a-talking about the American eagle, a tolerable-sized bird of that specie come and lit upon his crown. 1919 Mr. Punch's Hist. Great War 20 The American Eagle is not the Eagle we are up against. 1957 Encycl. Brit. VII. 822/2 (caption) American eagle... In the adult of this ‘bald’ sea eagle, the head, neck and tail are white. 1995 New Yorker 5 June 85/1 His earliest commission had been to paint an American eagle over the electric meter in a neighbor's basement. < as lemmas |
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