单词 | goshawk |
释义 | goshawkn. A large short-winged hawk ( Astur palumbarius, and other species). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > genus Accipiter > accipiter gentilis (goshawk) goshawkc1000 ostour1293 ostridgec1330 thief1486 star-hawk1668 pigeon hawk1731 blue hawk?a1775 gos1787 the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > genus Accipiter > accipiter atricapillus (hen-hawk) hen hawk1742 partridge hawk1772 goshawk1890 c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 131/22 Aucarius, goshafuc. c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 285/2 Accipiter, goshafoc. 13.. K. Alis. 483 Him thoughte a goshauk with gret flyght Setlith on his beryng. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) xii. iii. 411 The goshawke is in fayrnesse of fethers moost lyke to the Ostrych. 1486 Bk. St. Albans D iv Ther is a Goshawke, and that hauke is for a yeman. c1520 A. Wyndesore in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. I. 227 There hathe been..an Ayerye of goosse hawks contynually there bredyng. 1599 T. Moffett Silkewormes 32 Fierce goshawkes with the Phesants had no warre. 1612 Bk. Customs & Valuation in A. Halyburton Ledger (1867) 313 Halkis called..Goshalkis the halk xvli. 1681 J. Flavell Method of Grace vii. 145 A wicked minister is the devils Gosshawk, that goes a birding for hell. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth V. 128 The kite or the goss-hawk approach their prey side-ways. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake iii. 110 Shrill As goss-hawk's whistle on the hill. 1865 Cornhill Mag. May 626 Goshawks..have no chance with anything faster than a rising pheasant; they are excellent for rabbits. 1890 Thompson in Proc. U.S. National Mus. (1891) XIII. 527 Accipiter atricapillus, American Goshawk. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1000 |
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