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单词 windhover
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Definition of windhover in English:

windhover

noun ˈwɪndhɒvəˈwɪndˌhəvər
British dialect
  • A kestrel.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It has also been called grasshopper hawk, killy hawk, house hawk, rusty-crowned falcon, and windhover.
    • It is the story of the land of Kirthanin, a land created by Allfather and populated by humans, great bear, dragons, and windhovers, all of whom are devoted to Allfather.
    • Instead it is a favorite of morning, a little brown-grey falcon, called the windhover because, hurling itself headlong into the wind, it rides on the crest of that wind.
    • There is some question about the accuracy of these figures because it is possible that the windhovers migrate down to the lowlands in extreme winters.
    • The windhovers do what Baroque art did: they use the sky as a metaphor and inspire sensation, awe and faith.
 
 

Definition of windhover in US English:

windhover

nounˈwindˌhəvərˈwɪndˌhəvər
British dialect
  • A kestrel.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The windhovers do what Baroque art did: they use the sky as a metaphor and inspire sensation, awe and faith.
    • Instead it is a favorite of morning, a little brown-grey falcon, called the windhover because, hurling itself headlong into the wind, it rides on the crest of that wind.
    • It is the story of the land of Kirthanin, a land created by Allfather and populated by humans, great bear, dragons, and windhovers, all of whom are devoted to Allfather.
    • There is some question about the accuracy of these figures because it is possible that the windhovers migrate down to the lowlands in extreme winters.
    • It has also been called grasshopper hawk, killy hawk, house hawk, rusty-crowned falcon, and windhover.
 
 
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